libmt32emu before 2.8.4 contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in MidiStreamParserImpl::parseSysex that allows attackers to write…
CVE-2026-121941
libmt32emu before 2.8.4 contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in MidiStreamParserImpl::parseSysex that allows attackers to write past a heap allocation by supplying oversized unterminated SysEx messages. Attackers can feed more than 32768 SysEx data bytes through the mt32emuparsestream API via MIDI files, ports, or sequencer clients to corrupt heap memory and crash the application.
Assessment
- CVSS
- 8.5 (v4.0)
- Severity
- High
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 4 November 2026
- Last updated
- 4 November 2026
- Affected
- munt · libmt32emu
- Assigner
- VulnCheck
CVSS vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
At the source
References
- https://github.com/munt/munt/issues/149
- https://hackmd.io/@haindpwn/munt-midistreamparser-oversized-sysex-heap-overflow
- https://github.com/munt/munt/commit/1749f7fed5cdb3a9015acce076a1512b1615dc3b
- https://github.com/munt/munt/blob/libmt32emu_2_8_3/mt32emu/src/MidiStreamParser.cpp#L223-L257
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/libmt32emu-before-2.8.4-heap-buffer-overflow-via-midistreamparserimpl-parsesysex
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