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Echo: fluidsynth: security update to 2.4.4+dfsg-1+deb13u2+e1

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 461501

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - FluidSynth is a software synthesizer based on the SoundFont 2 specifications. From 2.2.4 until 2.5.6,
 configuring synth.midi-channels above 16 allows the MIDI player to index
 _fluid_player_t::channel_isplaying outside its fixed-size heap allocation while tracking active channels.
 The resulting out-of-bounds reads and writes invoke undefined behavior and may compromise confidentiality,
 integrity, or availability. No crafted MIDI file is required because the unsafe condition is created by
 the channel-count configuration itself. Keeping synth.midi-channels at its default value of 16 avoids the
 vulnerable path. This issue is fixed in version 2.5.6. (CVE-2026-61714)

Solution

Update the fluidsynth library and its related packages to version 2.4.4+dfsg-1+deb13u2+e1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-61714

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 461501

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-61714

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/24/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-61714