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).
https://sources.debian.org/patches/libid3tag/0.15.1b-13/10_utf16.dpatch/
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162647
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=304913
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 2018-02-20
Updated: 2018-03-19
Base Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity: High
EPSS: 0.00286