CVE-2019-14524 — An issue was discovered in Schism Tracker through 20190722

An issue was discovered in Schism Tracker through 20190722. There is a heap-based buffer overflow via a large number of song patterns in fmt_mtm_load_song in fmt/mtm.c, a different vulnerability than CVE-2019-14465.

01What is this vulnerability?

An issue was discovered in Schism Tracker through 20190722. There is a heap-based buffer overflow via a large number of song patterns in fmt_mtm_load_song in fmt/mtm.c, a different vulnerability than CVE-2019-14465.

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

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-08-02T11:18:12.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T00:19:41.098Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/schismtracker/schismtracker/issues/201
• github.com — https://github.com/schismtracker/schismtracker/releases/tag/20190805
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00072.html
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00083.html