CVE-2009-1301

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-1301
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-04-16 15:12:57 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionInteger 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mpg123 Mpg123 0.59m All All All
Application Mpg123 Mpg123 0.59n All All All
Application Mpg123 Mpg123 0.59o All All All
Application Mpg123 Mpg123 0.59p All All All
Application Mpg123 Mpg123 0.59q All All All
Application Mpg123 Mpg123 0.59r All All All
Application Mpg123 Mpg123 0.59s All All All
Application Mpg123 Mpg123 0.62 All All All
Application Mpg123 Mpg123 1.6.3 All All All
Application Mpg123 Mpg123 1.6.4 All All All
Application Mpg123 Mpg123 1.7.0 All All All
Application Mpg123 Mpg123 pre0.59s All All All
Application Mpg123 Mpg123 pre0.59s_r11 All All All
Application Mpg123 Mpg123 All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Page not found - SourceForge.net af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
mpg123 'store_id3_text()' Memory Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
mpg123 "store_id3_text()" Signedness Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- mpg123: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
Gentoo update for mpg123 - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo Bug 265342 - <media-sound/mpg123-1.7.2: Signedness error (CVE-2009-1301) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:093 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
SourceForge.net: mpg123: Files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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