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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 7.26% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-05-07 21:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:49Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-05-07
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 247e3d5d1578cecfdd9954624f3c54c9255ecee701451627d6044f25f7233529
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:103http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:103
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200805-15http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-15.xml
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-3757https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00159.html
- secunia.com30173http://secunia.com/advisories/30173
- secunia.com30182http://secunia.com/advisories/30182
- bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210564
- www.securityfocus.com29210http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29210
- www.mars.org[mad-dev] 20080112 Initite loop bug in libid3tag-0.15.0bhttp://www.mars.org/mailman/public/mad-dev/2008-January/001366.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comlibid3tag-field-dos(42271)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42271
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- libid3tag Fixed in 0.15.1b-6
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- libid3tag Fixed in 0.15.1b-8
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libid3tag Fixed in 0.15.1b-8
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libid3tag Fixed in 0.15.1b-8
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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