CVE-2004-2779
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Published: February 20, 2018 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLIBID3TAG
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
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).
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 0.15.1b
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=304913x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162647x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://sources.debian.org/patches/libid3tag/0.15.1b-13/10_utf16.dpatch/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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