USN-7913-1: MAME vulnerabilities

USN-7913-1: MAME vulnerabilities

Publication date: 4 December 2025
Overview: Several security issues were fixed in MAME.

Packages
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)

Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

25.10 questing

• mame – 0.277+dfsg.1-4ubuntu0.1
• mame-data – 0.277+dfsg.1-4ubuntu0.1
• mame-tools – 0.277+dfsg.1-4ubuntu0.1

25.04 plucky

• mame – 0.275+dfsg.1-3ubuntu0.1
• mame-data – 0.275+dfsg.1-3ubuntu0.1
• mame-tools – 0.275+dfsg.1-3ubuntu0.1

24.04 LTS noble

• mame – 0.264+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
• mame-data – 0.264+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
• mame-tools – 0.264+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

22.04 LTS jammy

• mame – 0.242+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
• mame-data – 0.242+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
• mame-tools – 0.242+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

20.04 LTS focal

• mame – 0.220+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
• mame-data – 0.220+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
• mame-tools – 0.220+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

18.04 LTS bionic

• mame – 0.195+dfsg.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
• mame-data – 0.195+dfsg.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
• mame-tools – 0.195+dfsg.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1