SB2018020403 - Denial of service in libopenmpt
Published: February 4, 2018 Updated: October 11, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018020403
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6611)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in the soundlib/Load_stp.cpp in OpenMPT and libopenmpt. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted STP file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and crash the affected application.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.