openSUSE: fluidsynth Moderate NULL Pointer Deference CVE-2025-56225
opensuse
January 16, 2026
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description
This update for fluidsynth fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2025-56225: Fixed NULL pointer deference when loading and invalid
MIDI file (boo#1256435).
Topics Covered
Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP7:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2026-14=1
Package List
- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP7 (aarch64 i586 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
fluidsynth-2.3.4-bp157.2.3.1
fluidsynth-devel-2.3.4-bp157.2.3.1
libfluidsynth3-2.3.4-bp157.2.3.1
- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP7 (aarch64_ilp32):
libfluidsynth3-64bit-2.3.4-bp157.2.3.1
- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP7 (x86_64):
libfluidsynth3-32bit-2.3.4-bp157.2.3.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-56225.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1256435
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:0014-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products:
openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP7
Topics Covered
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