CVE-2026-32889
MEDIUMtinytag: Denial of Service via non-terminating SYLT frame parsing loop
Title source: cnaDescription
tinytag is a Python library for reading audio file metadata. Version 2.2.0 allows an attacker who can supply MP3 files for parsing to trigger a non-terminating loop while the library parses an ID3v2 SYLT (synchronized lyrics) frame. In server-side deployments that automatically parse attacker-supplied files, a single 498-byte MP3 can cause the parsing operation to stop making progress and remain busy until the worker or process is terminated. The root cause is that _parse_synced_lyrics assumes _find_string_end_pos always returns a position greater than the current offset. That assumption is false when no string terminator is present in the remaining frame content. This issue has been fixed in version 2.2.1.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
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https://github.com/tinytag/tinytag/security/advisories/GHSA-f4rq-2259-hv29
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https://github.com/tinytag/tinytag/commit/44e496310f7ced8077e9087e3774acbaa324b18a
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https://github.com/tinytag/tinytag/commit/4d649b9c314ada8ff8a74e0469e9aadb3acb252a
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https://github.com/tinytag/tinytag/commit/5cd321521ff097e41724b601d7e3d7adc7e53402
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0041
EPSS Percentile
32.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-835
Status
published
Products (4)
pypi/tinytag
0 - 2.2.1PyPI
tinytag/tinytag
2.2.0
tinytag/tinytag
>= 2.2.0, < 2.2.1
tinytag_project/tinytag
2.2.0
Published
Mar 20, 2026
Tracked Since
Mar 20, 2026