Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-2109 · published 7 May 2008
CVE-2008-2109: Media-libs libid3tag vulnerability
MMedia Libs · Libid3tag
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.
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.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Affected products
1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-2109), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.
