Medium severity · published Oct 8, 2026
CVE-2026-107389
music-metadata: EBML parser trusts element lengths, allowing memory exhaustion or process abort
5.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
music-metadata is a metadata parser for audio and video media files. Prior to 11.16.0, the Matroska and WebM EBML parser decodes an attacker-controlled VINT element length and uses it for string-token or Uint8Array allocation before confirming that the leaf fits within its parent or available input. Crafted WebM, MKV, or MKA inputs can cause disproportionate allocations, out-of-memory denial of service, or, for a demonstrated parseFile path on Node.js 26.7.0, an uncatchable V8 fatal abort. The exact failure mode depends on the tokenizer, parser API, and runtime, but the affected leaf-length validation flaw is shared and has availability impact only. This issue is fixed in version 11.16.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 12% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MU
music-metadata · Borewit
< 11.16.0 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-107389
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-107389
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/Borewit/music-metadata/security/advisories/GHSA-5gfj-9q3v-qfp3
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/Borewit/music-metadata/pull/2735
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/Borewit/music-metadata/commit/163f013364ac9fc8dd0c3987433cd065a615af58
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/Borewit/music-metadata/commit/2d14dc1f7391a94235948a0b823155538f69b3df
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/Borewit/music-metadata/releases/tag/v11.16.0
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