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libid3tag — security advisory
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).
- Products
- libid3tag
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 0.15.1b-5
- CVEs
- CVE-2004-2779
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:34 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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).
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2004-2779
libid3tag
Fixed versions: 0.15.1b-5
libid3tag
Fixed versions: 0.15.1b-5
libid3tag
Fixed versions: 0.15.1b-5
Complete source record
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