CVE-2018-10017 — soundlib/Snd_fx

soundlib/Snd_fx.cpp in OpenMPT before 1.27.07.00 and libopenmpt before 0.3.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via an IT or MO3 file with many nested pattern loops.

01What is this vulnerability?

soundlib/Snd_fx.cpp in OpenMPT before 1.27.07.00 and libopenmpt before 0.3.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via an IT or MO3 file with many nested pattern loops.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-04-11T05:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T07:32:01.251Z

09References

• openmpt.org — https://openmpt.org/openmpt-1-27-07-00-released
• lib.openmpt.org — https://lib.openmpt.org/libopenmpt/2018/04/08/security-updates-0.3.8-0.2-beta31-…
• github.com — https://github.com/OpenMPT/openmpt/commit/7ebf02af2e90f03e0dbd0e18b8b3164f372fb9…