{"cve":"CVE-2004-2779","nvd":{"published":"2018-02-20T21:29:00.207","modified":"2026-06-16T22:10:19.630","status":"Modified","description":"id3_utf16_deserialize() in utf16.c in libid3tag through 0.15.1b misparses ID3v2 tags encoded in UTF-16 with an odd number of bytes, triggering an endless loop allocating memory until an OOM condition is reached, leading to denial-of-service (DoS).","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-399"],"references":["https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=304913","https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162647","https://sources.debian.org/patches/libid3tag/0.15.1b-13/10_utf16.dpatch/","https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=304913","https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162647"],"products":["underbit:libid3tag"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:48:34.567387330+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2004-2779","score":0.0246,"percentile":0.84447,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}