Denial of service in libid3tag



Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2004-2779
CWE-ID CWE-789
Exploitation vector Local
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 libid3tag
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor Underbit Technologies

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Uncontrolled memory allocation

EUVDB-ID: #VU11276

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2004-2779

CWE-ID: CWE-789 - Uncontrolled Memory Allocation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in the id3_utf16_deserialize() function due to the improper parsing of ID3v2 tags. A local attacker can submit a specially crafted ID3v2 tag with an odd number of bytes, trigger improper memory allocation and cause the service to crash.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

libid3tag: 0.15.0b - 0.15.1b

CPE2.3 External links

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=304913


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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