Out-of-bounds write in libopenmpt - CVE-2018-11710
Published: August 7, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14210
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11710
CWE-ID: CWE-787
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 or execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in soundlib/pattern.h due to an invalid write near address 0 in an out-of-memory situation. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted AMS file with many nested pattern loops and cause the service to crash or execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-11710
Update to version 0.3.9.