CVE-2026-107387music-metadata: Uncontrolled memory allocation in APEv2 parser
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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.
- CVSS
- 6.2 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-789
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 8, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Borewit music-metadata borewit:music_metadata (from the name) | before 11.16.0 | CNA record |
borewit music-metadata borewit:music-metadata | before 11.16.0 | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/Borewit/music-metadata/security/advisories/GHSA-53v6-4h7p-p4gjx-refsource-confirm, exploit, vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/Borewit/music-metadata/pull/2744x-refsource-misc, exploit, patch
- https://github.com/Borewit/music-metadata/commit/b3bf52cb6021b046f33ba47583e19ab8f10dd235x-refsource-misc, exploit, patch
- https://github.com/Borewit/music-metadata/releases/tag/v11.16.0x-refsource-misc, patch, release-notes
The CVE record on cve.org NVD's entry
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