DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2109

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2109
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2109.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2109
Upstream
Published
2008-05-07T21:20:00Z
Modified
2025-11-14T03:01:19.440021Z
Summary
[none]
Details

field.c in the libid3tag 0.15.0b library allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an ID3FIELDTYPE_STRINGLIST field that ends in '\0', which triggers an infinite loop.

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-8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2109.json"

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-8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2109.json"

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-8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2109.json"

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-8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2109.json"