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title: "CVE-2009-0136\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-0136

Publication date 16 January 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Multiple array index errors in the Audible::Tag::readTag function in
metadata/audible/audibletag.cpp in Amarok 1.4.10 through 2.0.1 allow remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute
arbitrary code via an Audible Audio (.aa) file with a crafted (1) nlen or
(2) vlen Tag value, each of which can lead to an invalid pointer
dereference, or the writing of a 0x00 byte to an arbitrary memory location,
after an allocation failure.

## Status

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| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| amarok | 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 2:1.4.10-0ubuntu3.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 2:1.4.9.1-0ubuntu3.2 |
| 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 2:1.4.7-0ubuntu3.2 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-0136?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| amarok | * Upstream:   <http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=908391> * Upstream:   <http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=908401> * Upstream:   <http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=908415> * Vendor:   <http://patch-tracking.debian.net/patch/series/view/amarok/1.4.10-3/20_security_audible_tags.diff> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0136)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0136)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-0136)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0136)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-739-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-739-1)
+ Amarok vulnerabilities
+ 17 March 2009

### Other references

* <http://trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2009-002.txt>
* <http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1706>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0136>