7.5high
CVE-2004-2779
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, trigger…
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.5%
percentile 85%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
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).
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
2.46% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
References
- bugzilla.gnome.org /show_bug.cgi?id=162647 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- bugs.debian.org /cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=304913 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- sources.debian.org /patches/libid3tag/0.15.1b-13/10_utf16.dpatch/ · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2004-2779
- NVD: CVE-2004-2779
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