music-metadata is a metadata parser for audio and video media files. Prior to 11.16.0, the ID3v2 parser trusts the syncsafe tag-size field and allocates the complete tag body before checking whether the input contains the declared bytes. A truncated file containing only an ID3v2 header can request an allocation approaching 268 MiB; the allocation succeeds, the subsequent read reaches end of stream, the EndOfStreamError is caught internally, and the caller receives a normal metadata object. This issue is fixed in version 11.16.0.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 5
- https://github.com/Borewit/music-metadata/commit/b033db675b913a9dba1d29135ec3c10eae7095a7 Exploit, Patch
- https://github.com/Borewit/music-metadata/pull/2743 Patch
- https://github.com/Borewit/music-metadata/releases/tag/v11.16.0 Patch, Release Notes
- https://github.com/Borewit/music-metadata/security/advisories/GHSA-jjpr-9cvf-cq55 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/Borewit/music-metadata/security/advisories/GHSA-jjpr-9cvf-cq55 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 5.5 · borewitNVD modified 2026-10-14 03:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:borewit:music-metadata:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 5
- https://github.com/Borewit/music-metadata/commit/b033db675b913a9dba1d29135ec3c10eae7095a7 Exploit, Patch
- https://github.com/Borewit/music-metadata/pull/2743 Patch
- https://github.com/Borewit/music-metadata/releases/tag/v11.16.0 Patch, Release Notes
- https://github.com/Borewit/music-metadata/security/advisories/GHSA-jjpr-9cvf-cq55 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/Borewit/music-metadata/security/advisories/GHSA-jjpr-9cvf-cq55 Exploit, Vendor Advisory