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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 / 25.10 : MAME vulnerabilities (USN-7913-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 277580

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 / 25.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7913-1 advisory.

 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)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected mame, mame-data and / or mame-tools packages.

See Also

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 277580

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7913-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/5/2025

Updated: 12/5/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-34300

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mame-tools, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mame, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mame-data

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/4/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/12/2018

Reference Information

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

USN: 7913-1