CVE-2008-2109 Denial of service in n/a
A denial of service vulnerability in libid3tag allows attackers to cause CPU exhaustion via a malformed ID3 field, impacting applications using this library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2008-2109?
CVE-2008-2109 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 May 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-2109?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Media-Libs Libid3tag.
How do I fix CVE-2008-2109?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2008-2109 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-2109 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2109, GHSA-g6w7-h383-7xgq, openSUSE-SU-2024:10454-1.