music-metadata is a metadata parser for audio and video media files. Prior to 11.16.0, the Matroska and WebM EBML parser decodes an attacker-controlled VINT element length and uses it for string-token or Uint8Array allocation before confirming that the leaf fits within its parent or available input. Crafted WebM, MKV, or MKA inputs can cause disproportionate allocations, out-of-memory denial of service, or, for a demonstrated parseFile path on Node.js 26.7.0, an uncatchable V8 fatal abort. The exact failure mode depends on the tokenizer, parser API, and runtime, but the affected leaf-length validation flaw is shared and has availability impact only. This issue is fixed in version 11.16.0.
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GHSA-5gfj-9q3v-qfp3 | music-metadata: EBML parser trusts element lengths, allowing memory exhaustion or process abort |
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Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +0000
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| Description | music-metadata is a metadata parser for audio and video media files. Prior to 11.16.0, the Matroska and WebM EBML parser decodes an attacker-controlled VINT element length and uses it for string-token or Uint8Array allocation before confirming that the leaf fits within its parent or available input. Crafted WebM, MKV, or MKA inputs can cause disproportionate allocations, out-of-memory denial of service, or, for a demonstrated parseFile path on Node.js 26.7.0, an uncatchable V8 fatal abort. The exact failure mode depends on the tokenizer, parser API, and runtime, but the affected leaf-length validation flaw is shared and has availability impact only. This issue is fixed in version 11.16.0. | |
| Title | music-metadata: EBML parser trusts element lengths, allowing memory exhaustion or process abort | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-789 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-08T19:05:23.816Z
Reserved: 2026-10-07T21:07:54.988Z
Link: CVE-2026-107389
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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-10-08T20:17:33.190
Modified: 2026-10-08T20:46:35.260
Link: CVE-2026-107389
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