Out-of-bounds read in libopenmpt - CVE-2018-10017
Published: August 6, 2018 / Updated: August 7, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14209
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10017
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: libopenmpt
Affected software:
libopenmpt
libopenmpt
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in soundlib/Snd_fx.cpp due to out-of-bounds read. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted IT or MO3 file with many nested pattern loops and cause the service to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-10017
Update to version 0.3.8.