USN-8206-1: OpenMPT vulnerability
Publication date
23 April 2026
Overview
OpenMPT could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.
Releases
Packages
- libopenmpt - module music library based on OpenMPT
Details
Antonio Morales Maldonado discovered that OpenMPT did not properly limit
the length of strings in certain cases, leading to a buffer overflow.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenMPT to crash,
resulting in a denial of service.
Antonio Morales Maldonado discovered that OpenMPT did not properly limit
the length of strings in certain cases, leading to a buffer overflow.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenMPT to crash,
resulting in a denial of service.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | libopenmpt-dev – 0.3.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 | ||
| libopenmpt-modplug1 – 0.3.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 | |||
| libopenmpt0 – 0.3.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 | |||
| openmpt123 – 0.3.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 | |||
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