Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2016-9961 affects game-music-emu before 0.6.1, a library for emulating video game music files. Public sources describe unsafe handling of integer values and link it to malformed SPC music files. Business risk is highest where users or services process untrusted game music files. Exposure is likely limited to systems with game-music-emu before 0.6.1, including downstream distribution packages, and workflows that open or process untrusted SPC or game music files. Prioritize patching where game music files are user-supplied or externally sourced. Lower urgency is reasonable for systems without the library or without untrusted file processing, but confirm exposure first. Mitigation focus: Update game-music-emu to 0.6.1 or a distro-fixed package.; Apply relevant Fedora, SUSE, Gentoo, or vendor package advisories.; Avoid processing untrusted SPC or game music files until patched..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- FEDORA-2016-fbf9f8b204CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- GLSA-201707-02CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
- FEDORA-2017-5bf9a268dfCVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- https://bitbucket.org/mpyne/game-music-emu/wiki/HomeCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- FEDORA-2016-04383482b4CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1405423CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- FEDORA-2017-3d771a1702CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.cz/2016/12/redux-compromising-linux-using-snes.htmlCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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