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Ubuntu 25.10: MAME Critical Heap Overflow Attacks USN-7913-1

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Calendar Grey December 4, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Several security issues fixed in MAME for Ubuntu affecting multiple releases, addressing buffer overflows and more.
Several security issues were fixed in MAME.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in MAME.

Software Description:

- mame: MAME is a multi-purpose emulation framework

Details:

It was discovered that the stb library, included in MAME, had a heap-based

buffer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the

program or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-16981)

It was discovered that the tinyexr library, included in MAME, had a heap-

based buffer over-read in the function DecodePixelData. An attacker could

possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information or crash the

program. (CVE-2022-34300)

It was discovered that the expat library, included in MAME, had an

integer-overflow in the function doProlog. An attacker could possibly use

this issue to crash the program or execute arbitrary code.

(CVE-2021-46143)

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow Ubuntu heap overflow sensitive information mame

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 25.10
  mame                            0.277+dfsg.1-4ubuntu0.1
  mame-data                       0.277+dfsg.1-4ubuntu0.1
  mame-tools                      0.277+dfsg.1-4ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 25.04
  mame                            0.275+dfsg.1-3ubuntu0.1
  mame-data                       0.275+dfsg.1-3ubuntu0.1
  mame-tools                      0.275+dfsg.1-3ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  mame                            0.264+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  mame-data                       0.264+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  mame-tools                      0.264+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  mame                            0.242+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  mame-data                       0.242+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  mame-tools                      0.242+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  mame                            0.220+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  mame-data                       0.220+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  mame-tools                      0.220+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  mame                            0.195+dfsg.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  mame-data                       0.195+dfsg.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  mame-tools                      0.195+dfsg.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7913-1

CVE-2018-16981, CVE-2021-46143, CVE-2022-34300

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7913-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow Ubuntu heap overflow sensitive information mame

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mame/0.277+dfsg.1-4ubuntu0.1

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