Uncontrolled memory allocation in libid3tag - CVE-2004-2779
Published: March 26, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11276
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Underbit Technologies
Affected software:
libid3tag
libid3tag
Detailed vulnerability 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.
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2004-2779
Install update from vendor's website.