CVE-2009-1301
highpriority · track · 42EPSS 0.054 · 93 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Integer signedness error in the store_id3_text function in the ID3v2 code in mpg123 before 1.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an ID3 tag with a negative encoding value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
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affected products (15)
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references (18)
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- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=265342enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34587enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34748enisa_euvd
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=20090405211856.41696433%40sunscreen.localenisa_euvd
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=673696enisa_euvd
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200904-15.xmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:093enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34381enisa_euvd
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