game-music-emu before 0.6.1 mishandles unspecified integer values.

published 2017-06-06 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-10747

cvss: 9.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 4.4%; EPSS 4.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits: 0; none known

Patch / fix

distros 3

debian ubuntu suse

game-music-emu Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.6.0-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9961

game-music-emu Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.5.5-2ubuntu0.14.04.1
game-music-emu Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 0.6.0-3ubuntu0.16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9961

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

libgme SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +6 more 0.6.0-5.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:3250-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-9961 updated 2026-01-09

game-music-emu: Multiple issues due to incorrect emulation of the SPC700 audio co-processor of SNES

Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.cz https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.cz/2016/12/redux-compromising-linux-using-snes.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	9.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	10.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

CWE-189 Numeric Errors

References

scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.cz /2016/12/redux-compromising-linux-using-snes.html
exploit, technical-description, third-party-advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org /archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GGHAQI5Q2XDSPGRRKPJJM3A73VWAFSFL/
vendor-advisory
security.gentoo.org /glsa/201707-02
vendor-advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org /archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F7Z2OVERYM6NW3FGVGTJUNSL5ZNFSH2S/
vendor-advisory
lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00090.html
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2017-01/msg00005.html
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org /archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6LKMKVYS7AVB2EXC463FUYN6C6FABHME/
vendor-advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org /archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QHFKIFSFIDXOKFUKAH2MBNXDTY6DYBF6/
vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/95305
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2016/12/15/11
mailing-list, third-party-advisory
bitbucket.org /mpyne/game-music-emu/wiki/Home
third-party-advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1405423
issue-tracking, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2016-9961
NVD CVE-2016-9961

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Summary