game-music-emu before 0.6.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (divide by zero and process crash).
Priority LOW 25CWE-369Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-369.
Summary
game-music-emu before 0.6.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (divide by zero and process crash).
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.0053 45th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
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 · 12
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:game-music-emu_project:game-music-emu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 0.6.0 | Vulnerable | Game-music-emu Project |
| cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 24 | Vulnerable | Fedoraproject |
| cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 25 | Vulnerable | Fedoraproject |
| cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 42.2 | Vulnerable | openSUSE |
| cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 42.1 | Vulnerable | Opensuse Project |
| cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | 12.0 sp1 | Vulnerable | Novell |
| cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | 12.0 sp1 | Vulnerable | Novell |
| cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:12.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | 12.0 sp2 | Vulnerable | Novell |
| cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | 12.0 sp1 | Vulnerable | Novell |
| cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | 12.0 sp2 | Vulnerable | Novell |
- cpe:2.3:a:game-music-emu_project:game-music-emu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 0.6.0 Vulnerable ·Game-music-emu Project
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 24 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 25 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 42.2 Vulnerable ·openSUSE
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 42.1 Vulnerable ·Opensuse Project
- cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12.0 sp1 Vulnerable ·Novell
- cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12.0 sp1 Vulnerable ·Novell
- cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:12.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12.0 sp2 Vulnerable ·Novell
- cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12.0 sp1 Vulnerable ·Novell
- cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12.0 sp2 Vulnerable ·Novell
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-9960
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h99v-mrwp-7gw9
References
Advisory 10
- FEDORA-2016-fbf9f8b204
- [oss-security] 20161215 Re: CVE Request: Game Music Emulators: incorrect emulation of the SPC700 audio co-processor of SNES: arbitrary code execution via malformed SPC music file
- GLSA-201707-02
- FEDORA-2017-5bf9a268df
- SUSE-SU-2016:3250
- openSUSE-SU-2017:0022
- https://bitbucket.org/mpyne/game-music-emu/wiki/Home
- FEDORA-2016-04383482b4
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1405423
- FEDORA-2017-3d771a1702
Sources
- CVE-2016-9960 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-9960 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h99v-mrwp-7gw9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2016-9960 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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