Friday, April 24, 2026

[USN-8206-1] OpenMPT vulnerability

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8206-1 April 23, 2026 libopenmpt vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Summary: OpenMPT could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input. Software Description: - 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. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS libopenmpt-dev 0.3.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro libopenmpt-modplug1 0.3.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro libopenmpt0 0.3.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro openmpt123 0.3.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8206-1 CVE-2019-17113

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