CVE-2009-1301 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2009-1301

Integer signedness error in the store_id3_text function in the ID3v2...

Vulnerability Description

Integer signedness error in the store_id3_text function in the ID3v2 code in mpg123 before 1.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an ID3 tag with a negative encoding value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

mpg123
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 0.59m, 0.59n, 0.59o, 0.59p, 0.59q, 0.59r, 0.59s, 0.62, 1.6.3, 1.6.4, 1.7.0, pre0.59s, pre0.59s_r11

Timeline

Official Publish: April 16th, 2009
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.