Description
music-metadata is a metadata parser for audio and video media files. Prior to 11.16.0, the APEv2 parser reads an attacker-controlled tag-item size and allocates a Uint8Array for a binary item before proving that the declared item fits in the remaining tag or file data. A small crafted APE file can therefore trigger a disproportionate allocation, including through cover-art items, and repeated or concurrent parsing can exhaust process memory. The demonstrated impact is availability loss only. This issue is fixed in version 11.16.0.
Published: 2026-10-08
Score: 6.2 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-53v6-4h7p-p4gj music-metadata: Uncontrolled memory allocation in APEv2 parser
History

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Borewit
Borewit music-metadata
Vendors & Products Borewit
Borewit music-metadata

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description music-metadata is a metadata parser for audio and video media files. Prior to 11.16.0, the APEv2 parser reads an attacker-controlled tag-item size and allocates a Uint8Array for a binary item before proving that the declared item fits in the remaining tag or file data. A small crafted APE file can therefore trigger a disproportionate allocation, including through cover-art items, and repeated or concurrent parsing can exhaust process memory. The demonstrated impact is availability loss only. This issue is fixed in version 11.16.0.
Title music-metadata: Uncontrolled memory allocation in APEv2 parser
Weaknesses CWE-789
References
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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Borewit Music-metadata
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-08T19:32:13.101Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-107387

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-08T19:32:09.095Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-08T19:17:01.517

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

Link: CVE-2026-107387

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-08T20:30:18Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-789

    Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value