CVE-2019-17113 — In libopenmpt before 0

In libopenmpt before 0.3.19 and 0.4.x before 0.4.9, ModPlug_InstrumentName and ModPlug_SampleName in libopenmpt_modplug.c do not restrict the lengths of libmodplug output-buffer strings in the C API, leading to a buffer overflow.

01What is this vulnerability?

In libopenmpt before 0.3.19 and 0.4.x before 0.4.9, ModPlug_InstrumentName and ModPlug_SampleName in libopenmpt_modplug.c do not restrict the lengths of libmodplug output-buffer strings in the C API, leading to a buffer overflow.

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: 2019-10-03T23:57:36.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T01:33:16.633Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/OpenMPT/openmpt/commit/927688ddab43c2b203569de79407a899e734fa…
• source.openmpt.org — https://source.openmpt.org/browse/openmpt/trunk/OpenMPT/?op=revision&rev=12127&p…
• github.com — https://github.com/OpenMPT/openmpt/compare/libopenmpt-0.4.8...libopenmpt-0.4.9
• github.com — https://github.com/OpenMPT/openmpt/compare/libopenmpt-0.3.18...libopenmpt-0.3.19
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00035.html
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00044.html
• www.debian.org — https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4729
• lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00003.html