CVE-2007-6720 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service in applications using libmikmod by tricking a user into loading multiple MOD files with different channel counts.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2007-6720?
CVE-2007-6720 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Jan 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
libmikmod 3.1.9 through 3.2.0, as used by MikMod, SDL-mixer, and possibly other products, relies on the channel count of the last loaded song, rather than the currently playing song, for certain playback calculations, which allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by loading multiple songs (aka MOD files) with different numbers of channels.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-6720?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Igno Saitz Libmikmod.
How do I fix CVE-2007-6720?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2007-6720 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-6720 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-6720, GHSA-ggqw-hm64-w646.