CVE-2026-32889 PUBLISHED

tinytag: Denial of Service via non-terminating SYLT frame parsing loop

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 16.03.2026 Published: 20.03.2026 Updated: 20.03.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 6.5

Product Status

Vendor tinytag
Product tinytag
Versions
  • Version >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.1 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') CWE