Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 7, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-2109
CVE-2008-2109
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.
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Affected products
9cpe:2.3:a:media-libs:libid3tag:0.15.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:media-libs:libid3tag:0.15.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: =0.15.0b
- osv-coords7 versionspkg:rpm/suse/libid3tag&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/libid3tag&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/libid3tag&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libid3tag&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/libid3tag&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/libid3tag&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/libid3tag&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP3
< 0.15.1b-184.3.1+ 6 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.15.1b-184.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.15.1b-184.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.15.1b-132.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.15.1b-184.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.15.1b-184.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.15.1b-184.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.15.1b-184.3.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
9- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvdPatch
- www.mars.org/mailman/public/mad-dev/2008-January/001366.htmlnvdExploit
- secunia.com/advisories/30173nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30182nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-15.xmlnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/29210nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42271nvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00159.htmlnvd
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