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CVE-2004-2779

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2018-02-20 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

id3_utf16_deserialize() in utf16.c in libid3tag through 0.15.1b misparses ID3v2 tags encoded in UTF-16 with an odd number of bytes, triggering an endless loop allocating memory until an OOM condition is reached, leading to denial-of-service (DoS).

Affected Platforms

Underbit Libid3Tag

Weakness Type

CWE-399

References