Buffer overflow in libopenmpt - CVE-2019-17113
Published: October 10, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU21708
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17113
CWE-ID: CWE-119
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 execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the ModPlug_InstrumentName() and ModPlug_SampleName() functions in libopenmpt_modplug.c within the libmodplug library. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted media file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-17113
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://github.com/OpenMPT/openmpt/commit/927688ddab43c2b203569de79407a899e734fabe
- https://github.com/OpenMPT/openmpt/compare/libopenmpt-0.3.18...libopenmpt-0.3.19
- https://github.com/OpenMPT/openmpt/compare/libopenmpt-0.4.8...libopenmpt-0.4.9
- https://source.openmpt.org/browse/openmpt/trunk/OpenMPT/?op=revision&rev=12127&peg=12127