CVE-2026-107388
CVE-2026-107388 · music-metadata: ID3v2 tag size not validated before allocation, causing memory exhaustion DoS
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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.
CVSS 6.2 · Medium · EPSS 0.2% · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Stack: node
Affected products and versions
music-metadata
- Versions
- < 11.16.0: Affected
No fix published
music-metadata npm
- Affected ranges
- SEMVER: < 11.16.0
Update to 11.16.0
Original sources
- https://github.com/Borewit/music-metadata/security/advisories/GHSA-jjpr-9cvf-cq55
- https://github.com/Borewit/music-metadata/pull/2743
- https://github.com/Borewit/music-metadata/commit/b033db675b913a9dba1d29135ec3c10eae7095a7
- https://github.com/Borewit/music-metadata/releases/tag/v11.16.0
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-107388