Back Linuxsecurity Ubuntu 25.10: MAME Critical Heap Overflow Attacks USN-7913
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 25.10 - Ubuntu 25.04 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in MAME. Software Description: - mame: MAME is a multi-purpose emulation framework Details: It was discovered that the stb library, included in MAME, had a heap-based buffer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the program or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-16981) It was discovered that the tinyexr library, included in MAME, had a heap- based buffer over-read in the function DecodePixelData. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information or crash the program. (CVE-2022-34300) It was discovered that the expat library, included in MAME, had an integer-overflow in the function doProlog. An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the program or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-46143)
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 25.10 - Ubuntu 25.04 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in MAME. Software Description: - mame: MAME is a multi-purpose emulation framework Details: It was discovered that the stb library, included in MAME, had a heap-based buffer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the program or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-16981) It was discovered that the tinyexr library, included in MAME, had a heap- based buffer over-read in the function DecodePixelData. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information or crash the program. (CVE-2022-34300) It was discovered that the expat library, included in MAME, had an integer-overflow in the function doProlog. An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the program or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-46143)
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 25.10 mame 0.277+dfsg.1-4ubuntu0.1 mame-data 0.277+dfsg.1-4ubuntu0.1 mame-tools 0.277+dfsg.1-4ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 25.04 mame 0.275+dfsg.1-3ubuntu0.1 mame-data 0.275+dfsg.1-3ubuntu0.1 mame-tools 0.275+dfsg.1-3ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS mame 0.264+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro mame-data 0.264+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro mame-tools 0.264+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 22.04 LTS mame 0.242+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro mame-data 0.242+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro mame-tools 0.242+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 20.04 LTS mame 0.220+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro mame-data 0.220+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro mame-tools 0.220+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 18.04 LTS mame 0.195+dfsg.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro mame-data 0.195+dfsg.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro mame-tools 0.195+dfsg.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 25.10 mame 0.277+dfsg.1-4ubuntu0.1 mame-data 0.277+dfsg.1-4ubuntu0.1 mame-tools 0.277+dfsg.1-4ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 25.04 mame 0.275+dfsg.1-3ubuntu0.1 mame-data 0.275+dfsg.1-3ubuntu0.1 mame-tools 0.275+dfsg.1-3ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS mame 0.264+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro mame-data 0.264+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro mame-tools 0.264+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 22.04 LTS mame 0.242+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro mame-data 0.242+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro mame-tools 0.242+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 20.04 LTS mame 0.220+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro mame-data 0.220+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro mame-tools 0.220+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 18.04 LTS mame 0.195+dfsg.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro mame-data 0.195+dfsg.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro mame-tools 0.195+dfsg.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
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