CVE-2004-2779 Information

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).

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=304913 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162647 https://sources.debian.org/patches/libid3tag/0.15.1b-13/10_utf16.dpatch/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5