Certain ID3 tags can crash xmms when xmms-scrobbler is enabled.

This MP3 file can reproduce the crash 100% of the time on my machine. The crash seems to occur when xmms-scrobber tries to read the ID3 tags and send the information to Last.FM's servers.

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Hash: SHA1
Format: 1.7
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 15:24:18 -0400
Source: xmms-scrobbler
Binary: xmms-scrobbler beep-media-player-scrobbler
Architecture: source
Version: 0.3.8.1-4ubuntu1
Distribution: edgy
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Brett Parker <email address hidden>
Changed-By: Daniel T Chen <email address hidden>
Description:
 beep-media-player-scrobbler - Beep plugin to send track information to audioscr
obbler
 xmms-scrobbler - XMMS plugin that sends your track information to audioscrobble
r
Changes:
 xmms-scrobbler (0.3.8.1-4ubuntu1) edgy; urgency=low
 .
   * Apply patches from Debian #292930 fixing crashes with ID3v2 tags
     and locking issues.
   * Apply patch from Debian #372954 fixing further crashes with ID3v2
     tags (Closes Ubuntu: #34249).
   * Apply patch from Debian #369567 fixing CFLAGS being ignored.
   * Apply patch from Debian #372623 fixing data submissions from the
     wrong XMMS session.
Files:
 25a5c8868f9de2fd1e4b41aeff61577c 761 sound optional xmms-scrobbler_0.3.8.1-4ubu
ntu1.dsc
 18e09eac595e0a2f6a4a8208f9c412d7 5183 sound optional xmms-scrobbler_0.3.8.1-4ub
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The mp3 file at http://www.paniq.org/audio/download/482 makes xmms scrobbler crash. I think it might be related to this bug.

If I run xmms under gdb I get the following stack trace:

[...]

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread -1239241824 (LWP 27394)]
0xb6efc40d in wchar_to_utf8 () from /usr/lib/xmms/General/libxmms_scrobbler.so
(gdb) where
#0 0xb6efc40d in wchar_to_utf8 ()
   from /usr/lib/xmms/General/libxmms_scrobbler.so
#1 0xb6efc794 in utf16bom_to_utf8 ()
   from /usr/lib/xmms/General/libxmms_scrobbler.so
#2 0xb6eff903 in readID3v2 () from /usr/lib/xmms/General/libxmms_scrobbler.so
#3 0xb6efc325 in get_tag_data ()
   from /usr/lib/xmms/General/libxmms_scrobbler.so
#4 0xb6ef9433 in get_gplugin_info ()
   from /usr/lib/xmms/General/libxmms_scrobbler.so
#5 0xb7d92504 in start_thread () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0
#6 0xb7c1d51e in clone () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6

This quick and dirty patch fixes this for me. Might not be the best solution though...

I'm using xmms-scrobbler (0.3.8.1-4ubuntu1) and xmms crashes when playing certain songs, such as this one: http://www.paniq.org/audio/download/482

gdb outputs:
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread -1243751520 (LWP 25893)]
0xb6c6640d in wchar_to_utf8 () from /usr/lib/xmms/General/libxmms_scrobbler.so
(gdb) where
#0 0xb6c6640d in wchar_to_utf8 () from /usr/lib/xmms/General/libxmms_scrobbler.so
#1 0xb6c66794 in utf16bom_to_utf8 () from /usr/lib/xmms/General/libxmms_scrobbler.so
#2 0xb6c69903 in readID3v2 () from /usr/lib/xmms/General/libxmms_scrobbler.so
#3 0xb6c66325 in get_tag_data () from /usr/lib/xmms/General/libxmms_scrobbler.so
#4 0xb6c63433 in get_gplugin_info () from /usr/lib/xmms/General/libxmms_scrobbler.so
#5 0xb7d93504 in start_thread () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0
#6 0xb7c1e51e in clone () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me that this bug is still alive. Unless I've missed something? Do I still have to apply a patch?

AFAIK the patch hasn't been applied to the ubuntu package (which is all for the best, since it was just a quick fix without any regard for correctness).

The patch fixed the crash and I've used the patched xmms-scrobbler since last november up to last week without a hitch. You have to know how to patch and compile Ubuntu source packages to use it, and you have to either modify the package version or put a hold on the package to keep apt-get from downgrading the package every time you make an update.

Meanwhile I've move on from xmms to audacious under feisty. Might be a good alternative.