Out-of-Bounds The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package libid3tag  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-LIBID3TAG-285222
  • published31 Jul 2017
  • disclosed31 Jul 2017

Introduced: 31 Jul 2017

CVE-2017-11551  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:18.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libid3tag package and not the libid3tag package as distributed by Ubuntu.

The id3_field_parse function in field.c in libid3tag 0.15.1b allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (OOM) via a crafted MP3 file.