CVE-2016-9958: game-music-emu before 0.6.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary memory locations.
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 32/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.3% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 83.7% of all records.
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. No account or password is required. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: game-music-emu (Debian:12) 0.6.0-4; game-music-emu (Debian:7) 0.5.5-2+deb7u1; game-music-emu (Debian:8) 0.5.5-2+deb8u1.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to game-music-emu (Debian:12) 0.6.0-4; game-music-emu (Debian:7) 0.5.5-2+deb7u1; game-music-emu (Debian:8) 0.5.5-2+deb8u1 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
- Published
- Apr 12, 2017
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 2.3% · 83th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-119
Report tools
Action score
32
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 2.3%
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- No public exploit code on record
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected systems
Is your version affected?
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| opensuse | leap | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap |
| opensuse | opensuse | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse |
| opensuse project | leap | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:leap |
| suse | linux enterprise | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise |
| suse | linux enterprise desktop | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop |
| suse | linux enterprise software development kit | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit |
| suse | linux enterprise workstation extension | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_workstation_extension |
| suse | suse linux enterprise server | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server |
| game-music-emu project | game-music-emu | cpe:2.3:a:game-music-emu_project:game-music-emu |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- game-music-emu project game-music-emuup to 0.6.0 inclusive
- opensuse leap42.2
- opensuse opensuse12.1
- opensuse project leap42.1
- suse linux enterprise12.0
- suse linux enterprise desktop12
- suse linux enterprise software development kit12
- suse linux enterprise workstation extension12
- suse suse linux enterprise server12
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | game-music-emu | before 0.6.0-4 | 0.6.0-4 |
| Debian:7 | game-music-emu | before 0.5.5-2+deb7u1 | 0.5.5-2+deb7u1 |
| Debian:8 | game-music-emu | before 0.5.5-2+deb8u1 | 0.5.5-2+deb8u1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 | libgme | before 0.6.0-5.1 | 0.6.0-5.1 |
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Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2017-6318Mar 20, 2017 · saned in sane-backends 1.0.25 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive memory information via a crafted SANE_NET_CONTROL_OPTION packet.31Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2016-9957Apr 12, 2017 · Stack-based buffer overflow in game-music-emu before 0.6.1.32Monitor
- Later →CVE-2016-9959Apr 12, 2017 · game-music-emu before 0.6.1 allows remote attackers to generate out of bounds 8-bit values.32Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| debian:game-music-emu | 0.6.0-4 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:libgme | 0.6.0-5.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Not on record for this CVE: patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- A user must open a link or visit a page.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment VariablesCAPEC-10likelihood: High · High
- Overflow BuffersCAPEC-100likelihood: High · Very High
- Buffer ManipulationCAPEC-123likelihood: High · Very High
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer OverflowCAPEC-14likelihood: Medium · High
- Filter Failure through Buffer OverflowCAPEC-24likelihood: High · High
- MIME ConversionCAPEC-42likelihood: High · High
- Overflow Binary Resource FileCAPEC-44likelihood: High · Very High
- Buffer Overflow via Symbolic LinksCAPEC-45likelihood: High · High
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log (1)
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-01/msg00005.html
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/15/11
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/95305
- bitbucket.org/mpyne/game-music-emu/wiki/Home
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6LKMKVYS7AVB2EXC463FUYN6C6FABHME/
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F7Z2OVERYM6NW3FGVGTJUNSL5ZNFSH2S/
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GGHAQI5Q2XDSPGRRKPJJM3A73VWAFSFL/
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QHFKIFSFIDXOKFUKAH2MBNXDTY6DYBF6/
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-02
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.