DEBIAN-CVE-2004-2779

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-2779
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-2779.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-2779
Upstream
Published
2018-02-20T21:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:06:59Z
Summary
[none]
Details

id3utf16deserialize() in utf16.c in libid3tag through 0.15.1b misparses ID3v2 tags encoded in UTF-16 with an odd number of bytes, triggering an endless loop allocating memory until an OOM condition is reached, leading to denial-of-service (DoS).

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / libid3tag

Package

Name
libid3tag
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libid3tag?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.15.1b-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / libid3tag

Package

Name
libid3tag
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libid3tag?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.15.1b-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / libid3tag

Package

Name
libid3tag
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libid3tag?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.15.1b-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / libid3tag

Package

Name
libid3tag
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libid3tag?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.15.1b-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}