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title: "CVE-2009-1301\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-1301

Publication date 16 April 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

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

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## Description

Integer signedness error in the store\_id3\_text function in the ID3v2 code
in mpg123 before 1.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
(out-of-bounds memory access) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an
ID3 tag with a negative encoding value. NOTE: some of these details are
obtained from third party information.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-1301?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| mpg123 | 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 1.4.3-4ubuntu1.1 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 1.4.3-3ubuntu0.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 0.67-1ubuntu0.1 |
| 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-2009-1301?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

per Debian, just a crasher
per stefanlsd, code does not exist

### 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 |
| --- | --- |
| mpg123 | * Debdiff:   <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mpg123/+bug/370031> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1301)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1301)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-1301)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1301)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1301>