CVE-2026-75904

libmodplug through 0.8.9.1 contains an out-of-bounds read in pat_smplooped in src/load_pat.cpp. The function validates only the upper bound of its sample index against MAXSMP and then subtracts one before indexing the 191-byte static array pat_loops, so an index of zero reads pat_loops[-1], one byte before the array. The index is the smpno field of a parsed MIDI event, which is initialised to zero and only later overwritten from a program-change parameter, so an event reaching the note test before an instrument is assigned carries zero. A 32-byte MIDI file supplied to the library's public ModPlug_Load entry point drives the path through CSoundFile::Create, CSoundFile::ReadMID, and MID_ReadPatterns to the read. The byte read out of bounds determines whether a note event is treated as looping, so adjacent static storage influences playback state.

CVSS 4.0

4.8CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

3.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 8% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-125

Published

2026-08-18

Modified

2026-10-22

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-23

References

• https://github.com/Konstanty/libmodplug
• https://github.com/Konstanty/libmodplug/blob/d1b97ed0020bc620a059d3675d1854b40bd2608d/src/load_mid.cpp#L829
• https://github.com/Konstanty/libmodplug/blob/d1b97ed0020bc620a059d3675d1854b40bd2608d/src/load_pat.cpp#L213-L217
• https://github.com/Konstanty/libmodplug/issues/103
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/libmodplug-out-of-bounds-read-in-pat-smplooped-via-crafted-midi-file

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