CVE-2016-9959 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can trigger out-of-bounds memory access in game-music-emu, potentially causing crashes or arbitrary 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-2016-9959?
CVE-2016-9959 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 generate out of bounds 8-bit values.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9959?
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-2016-9959?
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-2016-9959 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9959 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Opensuse Leap
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9959, GHSA-fr5p-jv24-2gw9, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9959.