| Name | CVE-2009-1301 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| mpg123 (PTS) | bullseye | 1.26.4-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 1.26.4-1+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.31.2-1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 1.31.2-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.32.9-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| mpg123 | source | (unstable) | 1.7.2-1 | low | | |
Notes
[etch] - mpg123 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[lenny] - mpg123 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34587/3/
unlike secunia states I can't see that this allows code execution but is just an invalid read
crashing the application