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High · 7.8 CVE-2026-61714 EUVD-2026-83376

FluidSynth: Heap Buffer Overflow in MIDI Player

Published Sep 18, 2026 · Updated Sep 25, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

FluidSynth is a software synthesizer based on the SoundFont 2 specifications. From 2.2.4 until 2.5.6, configuring synth.midi-channels above 16 allows the MIDI player to index _fluid_player_t::channel_isplaying outside its fixed-size heap allocation while tracking active channels. The resulting out-of-bounds reads and writes invoke undefined behavior and may compromise confidentiality, integrity, or availability. No crafted MIDI file is required because the unsafe condition is created by the channel-count configuration itself. Keeping synth.midi-channels at its default value of 16 avoids the vulnerable path. This issue is fixed in version 2.5.6.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
FluidSynth fluidsynth >= 2.2.4, < 2.5.6 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 fluidsynth 2.5.6+dfsg-1 —
Debian 13 fluidsynth 2.4.4+dfsg-1+deb13u3 —
Debian 12 fluidsynth No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 26.04 LTS fluidsynth 2.4.8+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 USN-8885-1
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS fluidsynth 2.3.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 USN-8885-1
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS fluidsynth 2.2.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 USN-8885-1
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS fluidsynth 2.1.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 USN-8885-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS fluidsynth 1.1.9-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 USN-8885-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS fluidsynth 1.1.6-3ubuntu0.1~esm1 USN-8885-1
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS fluidsynth 1.1.6-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 USN-8885-1

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