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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2023-26923

Musescore 3.0 to 4.0.1 has a stack buffer overflow vulnerability that occurs when reading misconfigured midi files. If attacker can additional information, attacker can execute arbitrary code.

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CVE-2023-26923
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5 Nov 2026, 11:07 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2023-26923

core-osv · Original source

Published 28 Mar 2023, 00:00 UTC

Musescore 3.0 to 4.0.1 has a stack buffer overflow vulnerability that occurs when reading misconfigured midi files. If attacker can additional information, attacker can execute arbitrary code.

osv:CVE-2023-26923
Complete source record
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