Bug 163101 – id3lib incorrectly writes UTF-16 strings

Bug 163101 - id3lib incorrectly writes UTF-16 strings

Summary:	id3lib incorrectly writes UTF-16 strings

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

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Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	id3lib (Show other bugs)
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Version:	4
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Dams
QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Reported:	2005-07-12 17:34 EDT by Matt Dainty
Modified:	2017-07-01 00:34 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2005-07-16 07:12:02 EDT
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Patch to correct writing of UTF-16 tag values (565 bytes, patch) 2005-07-12 17:37 EDT, Matt Dainty	no flags	Details \| Diff
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Description Matt Dainty 2005-07-12 17:34:56 EDT

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Description of problem:
When writing Unicode ID3v2 strings in UTF-16 format, id3lib can potentially write them incorrectly due to a bug in src/io_helpers.cpp.

The arithmetic is performed on signed character values rather than unsigned so in the case of some characters, they get written wrong.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
id3lib-3.8.3-11.fc4

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Get MP3 track with ID3v2 tag containing UTF-16 encoded values, (Japanese works well), verify track appears okay in some music application.
2. Use id3tag to change some value, such as the track number.
3. Reload altered track in the same music application.
  

Actual Results:  UTF-16 encoded values have become garbage.

Expected Results:  Nothing, apart from the change made in step 2.

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Comment 1 Matt Dainty 2005-07-12 17:37:36 EDT

Created attachment 116687 [details]
Patch to correct writing of UTF-16 tag values

This is a patch containing the fix as documented in the sourceforge URL and
seems to work here.

Comment 2 Michael Schwendt 2005-07-16 07:12:02 EDT

Thanks. id3lib-3.8.3-12.fc4 will fix this.

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