Denial of service in libopenmpt
| Risk | Low |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2018-20861 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-20 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
libopenmpt Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products |
| Vendor | libopenmpt |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
1) Input validation error
EUVDB-ID: #VU21710
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20861
CWE-ID:
CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can create certain malformed custom tunings in MPTM file, pass it to the affected application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionslibopenmpt: 0.3.0 - 0.3.10
External linkshttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00084.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00085.html
http://lib.openmpt.org/libopenmpt/2018/07/28/security-updates-0.3.11-0.2.10635-beta34-0.2.7561-beta20.5-p10-0.2.7386-beta20.3-p13/
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
