libmodplug — security advisory
Integer overflow in the CSoundFile::ReadMed function (src/load_med.cpp) in libmodplug before 0.8.6, as used in gstreamer-plugins, TTPlayer, and other products, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a MED file with a crafted (1) song comment or (2) song name, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, as exploited in the wild in August 2008.
- Products
- libmodplug
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1:0.8.7-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2009-1438
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:58 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Integer overflow in the CSoundFile::ReadMed function (src/load_med.cpp) in libmodplug before 0.8.6, as used in gstreamer-plugins, TTPlayer, and other products, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a MED file with a crafted (1) song comment or (2) song name, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, as exploited in the wild in August 2008.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1438
libmodplug
Fixed versions: 1:0.8.7-1
libmodplug
Fixed versions: 1:0.8.7-1
libmodplug
Fixed versions: 1:0.8.7-1
Complete source record
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