medium6.2
CVE-2026-107388
music-metadata: ID3v2 tag size not validated before allocation, causing memory exhaustion DoS
Impact
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.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | music-metadata | <= 11.12.3 | 11.16.0 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Borewit | Music-Metadata | before 11.16.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jjpr-9cvf-cq55
- 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