Out-of-bounds read in libopenmpt - CVE-2019-14380
Published: October 11, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU21711
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14380
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition when processing XM and MT2 files. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and crash the affected application.
Affected software
libopenmpt
Debian Linux
libopenmpt (Debian package)
Debian Linux
libopenmpt (Debian package)
How to mitigate CVE-2019-14380
Install updates from vendor's website.
libopenmpt - update to 0.4.5
libopenmpt (Debian package) - update to 0.4.3-1+deb10u1
libopenmpt (Debian package) - update to 0.4.3-1+deb10u1