Medium severity6.5GHSA Advisory· Published Oct 15, 2026
tinytag: Infinite loop when parsing certain M4A files containing invalid atoms
CVE-2026-104266
Description
tinytag is a Python library for reading audio file metadata. From 2.0.0 until 2.3.0, an M4A file containing a sub-atom with a size of zero inside a ---- atom can cause the metadata parser to stop advancing through the input. The custom-field atom traversal repeatedly processes the malformed location, causing an infinite loop and denying service to a program that reads the crafted file. This issue is fixed in version 2.3.0.
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References
6- github.com/advisories/GHSA-24cc-9352-h2pgghsaADVISORY
- github.com/tinytag/tinytag/commit/9ada221ba44990cb02cd9002d992186e037b515eghsax_refsource_MISC
- github.com/tinytag/tinytag/pull/326ghsax_refsource_MISC
- github.com/tinytag/tinytag/releases/tag/2.3.0ghsax_refsource_MISC
- github.com/tinytag/tinytag/security/advisories/GHSA-24cc-9352-h2pgghsax_refsource_CONFIRM
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-104266ghsa
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