CVE-2008-2109

N/A Unknown
Published: May 07, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

field.c in the libid3tag 0.15.0b library allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an ID3_FIELD_TYPE_STRINGLIST field that ends in '\0', which triggers an infinite loop.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210564
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/30173
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/30182
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29210
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210564
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/30173
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/30182
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-15.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:103
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mars.org/mailman/public/mad-dev/2008-January/001366.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29210
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42271
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

18 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
7.4%
92th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

media-libs