CVE-2004-2779

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    CVE-2004-2779

    Published: 20 Feb 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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).

    References: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=304913, https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162647, https://sources.debian.org/patches/libid3tag/0.15.1b-13/10_utf16.dpatch/, https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=304913, https://sources.debian.org/patches/libid3tag/0.15.1b-13/10_utf16.dpatch/, https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=304913, https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162647

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High