CVE-2016-9958 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can write to arbitrary memory locations in the game-music-emu library, potentially leading to code execution.
- 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-2016-9958?
CVE-2016-9958 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Opensuse Leap, published on 12 Apr 2017. 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
game-music-emu before 0.6.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary memory locations.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9958?
It affects 9 products.
Products include Game-Music-Emu Project Game-Music-Emu, Opensuse Leap, Opensuse Opensuse, Opensuse Project Leap, Suse Linux Enterprise, Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop and 3 more.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9958?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2016-9958 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9958 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Opensuse Leap
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9958, GHSA-jvrm-7h8w-chxm, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9958.