CVE-2016-9961

Exp

game-music-emu before 0.6.1 mishandles unspecified integer values.

Published: 2017-06-06 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2016-9961 is rated High Exploit Risk (79.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.85%). 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-2016-9961

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-9961

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 6.96% 2.85% -4.11%
2 2025-03-29 2.85% 6.96% +4.11%
3 2025-03-19 — 2.85% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-9961

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.0 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
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:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
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.
 3.9 5.9 [email protected]
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-9961

OS Trackers for CVE-2016-9961

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2016-9961 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-2016-9961
gentoo normal CVE-2016-9961: 1 GLSA(s) (201707-02), 1 atom(s) (media-libs/game-music-emu); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2016-9961
suse medium CVE-2016-9961 severity moderate: SUSE including 7 source package names (libgme-devel-0.6.0-5.1, libgme-devel-0.6.2-1.17, …), 40 product×package rows across 32 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2, … (32 product lines)): Fixed 40. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9961/
ubuntu medium CVE-2016-9961 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-2016-9961

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-9961

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
game-music-emu_project game-music-emu <= 0.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:game-music-emu_project:game-music-emu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 24 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 25 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap 42.2 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse_project leap 42.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit 12.0 cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell suse_linux_enterprise_desktop 12.0 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell suse_linux_enterprise_desktop 12.0 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:12.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell suse_linux_enterprise_server 12.0 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell suse_linux_enterprise_server 12.0 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell suse_linux_enterprise_server 12.0 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:raspberry_pi:*
novell suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit 12.0 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-9961

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 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1405423 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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.cz/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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