id3v2 crashes on OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard due to id3lib issue

[macports@…]

All my mp3 files have both id3v1 and id3v2 tags. It looks like id3v2 crashes on the v2 tag.

$ /opt/local/bin/id3v2 -l /tmp/foo.mp3 
id3v1 tag info for /tmp/foo.mp3:
Title  : Runnin'                         Artist: Ledisi                        
Album  : Turn Me Loose                   Year: 2009, Genre: Unknown (255)
Comment:                                 Track: 1
Abort trap
$ otool -L /opt/local/bin/id3v2
/opt/local/bin/id3v2:
	/opt/local/lib/libz.1.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1.2.3)
	/opt/local/lib/libid3-3.8.3.dylib (compatibility version 4.0.0, current version 4.0.0)
	/usr/lib/libstdc++.6.dylib (compatibility version 7.0.0, current version 7.9.0)
	/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 123.0.0)

[macports@…]

My id3v2 binary is compiled as x86_64 (universal did not work).

$ file /opt/local/bin/id3v2
/opt/local/bin/id3v2: Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64

[tobypeterson]

Please attach the crash log.

[tobypeterson]

I was able to repro - see attachment. Probably a memory smasher (64-bit related, I'm sure).

[macports@…]

i368 crash log

[macports@…]

Unfortunately, it also crashed when id3lib and id3v2 are build as i386.

[macports@…]

Patch to prevent overflow with certain vbr files

[macports@…]

It turns out this is a known bug that has been fixed in the CVS version: ​https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=697951&group_id=979&atid=100979 ​http://id3lib.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/id3lib/id3lib-stable/src/mp3_parse.cpp?view=markup

I've attached the patch to fix the issue. It looks like 10.6 added stack frame protection to OS X which caused this issue to act up.

Port needs to be changed to id3lib.

[cyrille.legrand@…]

This issue does not seem to be fixed as of today. The exact same problem arises on my machine. The patch seems pretty simple in itself, but I have no clue on how to patch a port, or even how to compile one myself — any clue ?

[macports@…]

You can first configure the id3lib port with "port configure id3lib". Then find mp3_parse.cpp in /opt/local and patch it. Then finish installing the patched port with "port install id3lib".

[cyrille.legrand@…]

Replying to macports@…:

You can first configure the id3lib port with "port configure id3lib". Then find mp3_parse.cpp in /opt/local and patch it. Then finish installing the patched port with "port install id3lib".

That was as simple as that. Many thanks, it now works perfectly.

[brent@…]

So, this is not an id3v2 bug -- it should be changed to the id3lib port and/or closed based on the reporter's comment above. Thanks.

[me@…]

I just got hit by this issue and applying the patch solved it for me as well. It's a shame this isn't in the ports tree yet, it's been known about (with a fix) for 6 months.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

r64704.