CVE-2009-1301
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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.44%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 5.44% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-189
- Affected
- mpg123/mpg123
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 5.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=265342
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34587Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34748
- 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.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:093
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34381
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0936Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=265342
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34587Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34748
- 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.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:093
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34381
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0936Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.