Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Csound before 5.16.6 allow remote attackers to…
Priority HIGH 65CWE-119Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · Partial · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Csound before 5.16.6 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) hetro file to the getnum function in util/heti_main.c or (2) PVOC file to the getnum function in util/pv_import.c.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.54671 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 9
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 5.16.1 | Vulnerable | Csounds |
| cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:5.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.12.4 | Vulnerable | Csounds |
| cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:5.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.13.0 | Vulnerable | Csounds |
| cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:5.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.13.1 | Vulnerable | Csounds |
| cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:5.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.14.0 | Vulnerable | Csounds |
| cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:5.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.14.1 | Vulnerable | Csounds |
| cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:5.14.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.14.2 | Vulnerable | Csounds |
| cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:5.15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.15.0 | Vulnerable | Csounds |
| cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:5.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.16 | Vulnerable | Csounds |
- cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 5.16.1 Vulnerable ·Csounds
- cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:5.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.12.4 Vulnerable ·Csounds
- cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:5.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.13.0 Vulnerable ·Csounds
- cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:5.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.13.1 Vulnerable ·Csounds
- cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:5.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.14.0 Vulnerable ·Csounds
- cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:5.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.14.1 Vulnerable ·Csounds
- cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:5.14.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.14.2 Vulnerable ·Csounds
- cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:5.15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.15.0 Vulnerable ·Csounds
- cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:5.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.16 Vulnerable ·Csounds
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-0270
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qrqf-p6p9-8q2w
- 2026-10-09 EPSS moved to the 99th percentile and above
References
More Csounds Csound vulnerabilities
- TI-2012-01881 Stack-based buffer overflow in the main function in util/lpci_main.c in Csound before… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2012-01880 Integer overflow in the main function in util/lpci_main.c in Csound before 5.17.2, when… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2012-01879 Integer overflow in the pv_import function in util/pv_import.c in Csound 5.16.6, when… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2012-0270 · CVE Program
- CVE-2012-0270 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qrqf-p6p9-8q2w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2012-0270 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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