VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-2109
field.c in the libid3tag 0.15.0b library allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an ID3_FIELD_TYPE_STRINGLIST field that ends in '\0', which triggers an infinite loop.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 7.27%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (7.27%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
field.c in the libid3tag 0.15.0b library allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an ID3_FIELD_TYPE_STRINGLIST field that ends in '\0', which triggers an infinite loop.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 7.27% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- media-libs/libid3tag
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210564Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30173
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30182
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-15.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:103
- http://www.mars.org/mailman/public/mad-dev/2008-January/001366.htmlExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29210
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42271
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00159.html
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210564Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30173
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30182
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-15.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:103
- http://www.mars.org/mailman/public/mad-dev/2008-January/001366.htmlExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29210
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42271
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00159.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.