CVE-2008-2109
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 7.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- EPSS score
- 7.3% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2106)
- Published
- May 7, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2106 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- media-libs / libid3tag
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210564(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30173
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30182
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-15.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:103
- http://www.mars.org/mailman/public/mad-dev/2008-January/001366.html(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29210
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42271
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00159.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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