CVE-2008-2109 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the libid3tag 0.15.0b library, specifically within the field.c component. Attackers can trigger an infinite loop and high CPU consumption by providing a specially crafted ID3_FIELD_TYPE_STRINGLIST field ending in a null character. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and requires no authentication or complex attack vectors, with the primary impact being system unavailability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.15.0bCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:media-libs:libid3tag:0.15.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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