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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