Security researcher Chris Evans has reported recently on yet another vulnerability in the Game Music Emulator (game-music-emu) package that’s installed or found in the repositories of various popular GNU/Linux distributions.
For those not aware, Game Music Emulator is a collection of video game music file emulators designed to playback a large number of formats and systems, including SPC (Super Nintendo/Super Famicom), where the problem was discovered by Chris Evans, which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code via a maliciously crafted file.
According to Chris Evans, it appears that Game Music Emulator incorrectly emulated the SPC700 audio co-processor of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (popularly known as SNES). However, the issues was patched just hours after the security researcher reported the security vulnerability.
“Chris Evans discovered that incorrect emulation of the SP… (read more)
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