WildMIDI 0.4.2 mid File f_midi.c _WM_ParseNewMidi out-of-bounds

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A vulnerability was found in WildMIDI 0.4.2. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function _WM_ParseNewMidi of the file f_midi.c of the component mid File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

The _WM_ParseNewMidi function in f_midi.c in WildMIDI 0.4.2 can cause a denial of service (invalid memory read and application crash) via a crafted mid file.

The bug was discovered 08/07/2017. The weakness was disclosed 08/17/2017 as confirmed mailinglist post (Full-Disclosure). The advisory is shared at seclists.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-11662 since 07/26/2017. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 10 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 105987 (Fedora 27 : wildmidi (2017-dabf9a64d9)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 277665 (Fedora Security Update for wildmidi (FEDORA-2017-dabf9a64d9)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 5 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (105987) and Exploit-DB (42433). The entries 105396, 105398 and 105399 are pretty similar.

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Nessus ID: 105987
Nessus Name: Fedora 27 : wildmidi (2017-dabf9a64d9)
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OpenVAS ID: 71833
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for wildmidi FEDORA-2017-dabf9a64d9
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01/15/2018 +36 days 🔍
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Advisory: FEDORA-2017-dabf9a64d9
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2017-11662 (🔍)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 08/18/2017 08:49
Updated: 12/16/2022 07:17
Changes: 08/18/2017 08:49 (75), 11/07/2019 15:58 (6), 12/16/2022 07:17 (4)
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