libid3tag: infinite loop in ID3_FIELD_TYPE_STRINGLIST parsing
Published May 7, 2008
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 7.27%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 0.15.0b
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 7.27% (0.07267) | 94.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 7.27% (0.07267) | 93.53th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 9, 2026 | 7.43% (0.07431) | 91.60th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 2, 2025 | 6.32% (0.06320) | 90.65th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 7.43% (0.07431) | 91.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 1, 2025 | 5.24% (0.05241) | 92.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 3.42% (0.03424) | 91.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 17, 2024 | 4.77% (0.04771) | 92.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 13, 2024 | 2.44% (0.02444) | 89.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 16, 2023 | 2.51% (0.02506) | 88.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 11, 2023 | 1.78% (0.01782) | 86.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 4, 2023 | 1.84% (0.01842) | 86.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.71% (0.01707) | 85.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 72.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 51.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (13)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210564 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30173 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30182 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-15.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:103 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mars.org/mailman/public/mad-dev/2008-January/001366.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29210 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2109 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=445812 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42271 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2109
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2109
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00159.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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