CVE-2016-9959

Exp

game-music-emu before 0.6.1 allows remote attackers to generate out of bounds 8-bit values.

Published: 2017-04-12 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2016-9959 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.31%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2016-9959

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-9959

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 0.80% 0.31% -0.49%
2 2025-03-29 0.31% 0.80% +0.49%
3 2025-03-19 — 0.31% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-9959

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 [email protected]
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-9959

OS Trackers for CVE-2016-9959

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2016-9959 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (game-music-emu), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9959
gentoo normal CVE-2016-9959: 1 GLSA(s) (201707-02), 1 atom(s) (media-libs/game-music-emu); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2016-9959
suse medium CVE-2016-9959 severity moderate: SUSE including 10 source package names (libgme-devel-0.6.0-5.1, libgme-devel-0.6.2-1.17, …), 43 product×package rows across 33 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2, … (33 product lines)): Fixed 43. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9959/
ubuntu medium CVE-2016-9959 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (game-music-emu), 5 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety): released 5. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9959

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-9959

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
opensuse leap 42.2 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 12.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse_project leap 42.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise 12.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_desktop 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_software_development_kit 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_workstation_extension 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_workstation_extension:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux_enterprise_server 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
game-music-emu_project game-music-emu <= 0.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:game-music-emu_project:game-music-emu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-9959

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00090.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-01/msg00005.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/15/11 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95305 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bitbucket.org/mpyne/game-music-emu/wiki/Home Patch
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6LKMKVYS7AVB2EXC463FUYN6C6FABHME/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F7Z2OVERYM6NW3FGVGTJUNSL5ZNFSH2S/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GGHAQI5Q2XDSPGRRKPJJM3A73VWAFSFL/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QHFKIFSFIDXOKFUKAH2MBNXDTY6DYBF6/
https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.in/2016/12/redux-compromising-linux-using-snes.html Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-02
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