CVE-2009-1301

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    CVE-2009-1301

    Published: 16 Apr 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Integer signedness error in the store_id3_text function in the ID3v2 code in mpg123 before 1.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an ID3 tag with a negative encoding value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/34587, http://secunia.com/advisories/34748, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:093, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0936, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0936, http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=265342, http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=20090405211856.41696433%40sunscreen.local, http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=673696, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200904-15.xml, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34381

    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