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.
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-jjpr-9cvf-cq55 music-metadata: ID3v2 tag size not validated before allocation, causing memory exhaustion DoS
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Description 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.
Title music-metadata: ID3v2 tag size not validated before allocation, causing memory exhaustion DoS
Weaknesses CWE-789
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-08T19:00:24.725Z

Reserved: 2026-10-07T21:07:54.988Z

Link: CVE-2026-107388

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-08T19:17:01.683

Modified: 2026-10-08T20:46:35.260

Link: CVE-2026-107388

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