CVE-2008-2109
Libid3tag Field.c Infinite Loop Denial of Service
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.
INFO
Published Date :
May 7, 2008, 9:20 p.m.
Last Modified :
Feb. 13, 2023, 2:19 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
10.0
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 13, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description CVE-2008-2109 libid3tag: infinite loop in ID3_FIELD_TYPE_STRINGLIST parsing 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. Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2109 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=445812 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 02, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed 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. CVE-2008-2109 libid3tag: infinite loop in ID3_FIELD_TYPE_STRINGLIST parsing Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2109 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=445812 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 08, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/42271 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42271 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
May. 08, 2008
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-2109 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-2109
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
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2.44 }} -0.06%
score
0.89950
percentile