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openSUSE Leap 16.0 fluidsynth Important NULL Pointer Issue CVE-2025-56225

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Calendar Grey March 2, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
An important security update for openSUSE fluidsynth fixes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability. Patch now.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one bug fix can now be installed.

Description

This update for fluidsynth fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2025-56225: NULL pointer deference when loading and invalid MIDI file (bsc#1256435).

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 Leap 16.0

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-16.0-329=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue important null pointer OpenSUSE fluidsynth

Patch

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

fluidsynth-2.3.5-160000.3.1

fluidsynth-devel-2.3.5-160000.3.1

libfluidsynth3-2.3.5-160000.3.1

References

* bsc#1256435

References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-56225.html

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:20291-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 16.0 -------------------------------------------------------------

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security advisory security issue important null pointer OpenSUSE fluidsynth

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