CVE-2026-61720

Medium

Description

FluidSynth is a software synthesizer based on the SoundFont 2 specifications. From 2.5.0 until 2.5.6, the SF2 parser computes the DMOD modulator count as chunk.size / SF_MOD_SIZE - 1 without rejecting chunks smaller than one record. A crafted SF2 file containing a zero-sized DMOD chunk makes the unsigned subtraction wrap to UINT_MAX, and the parser then attempts billions of SFMod allocations. This exhausts process memory and causes denial of service. No workaround is available. This issue is fixed in version 2.5.6.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.2
Exploit probability—
ProductFluidsynth
PublishedSep 18, 2026
First seenSep 18, 2026
Weakness typeCWE-191CWE-191

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
FluidSynth fluidsynth>= 2.5.0, < 2.5.6—

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