Resource Management Errors Affecting libid3tag package, versions <0.15.1b-5
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- published20 Feb 2018
- disclosed20 Feb 2018
Introduced: 20 Feb 2018
CVE-2004-2779 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9 libid3tag to version 0.15.1b-5 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libid3tag package and not the libid3tag package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
id3_utf16_deserialize() 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).