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
Published Apr 16, 2009
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.44%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.7.1
- 0.59m
- 0.59n
- 0.59o
- 0.59p
- 0.59q
- 0.59r
- 0.59s
- 0.62
- 1.6.3
- 1.6.4
- 1.7.0
- pre0.59s
- pre0.59s_r11
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:C/I:C/A:C
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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.44% (0.05437) | 92.47th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.44% (0.05437) | 91.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 8.80% (0.08801) | 91.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 15.88% (0.15878) | 91.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 8.80% (0.08801) | 91.46th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 10.56% (0.10557) | 92.71th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 11.54% (0.11539) | 95.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 9.19% (0.09186) | 93.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 7.54% (0.07544) | 92.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 7.54% (0.07544) | 92.13th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 7.54% (0.07544) | 81.06th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (9)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=265342 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34587 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34748 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=20090405211856.41696433%40sunscreen.local mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=673696 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200904-15.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:093 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34381 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0936 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=265342 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/34587 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/34748 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=20090405211856.41696433%40sunscreen.local | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=673696 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200904-15.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:093 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34381 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0936 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory |
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