# CVE-2026-61721: FluidSynth: Heap-based buffer overrun for DLS samples

- Severity: CVSS 8.0 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.5.6
- Published: 2026-09-18 · Updated: 2026-09-18

## Affected

- fluidsynth: from 2.5.0, fixed in 2.5.6

## Description

FluidSynth is a software synthesizer based on the SoundFont 2 specifications. From 2.5.0 until 2.5.6, the native DLS loader assigns file-controlled wsmp.loop_start and wsmp.loop_length values to samples without calling fluid_sample_validate() or fluid_sample_sanitize_loop(). A crafted DLS file can place sample loop points beyond the sample buffer, causing out-of-bounds reads during audio rendering, undefined behavior, possible memory disclosure, and denial of service. Builds compiled with the CMake option enable-native-dls set to OFF do not expose the affected parser. This issue is fixed in version 2.5.6.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on fluidsynth, upgrade to a fixed version (2.5.6) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/FluidSynth/fluidsynth/security/advisories/GHSA-59ph-rx8r-8p4j
- https://github.com/FluidSynth/fluidsynth/commit/2354c2a9acdb26de7cdcd37c903ee108f46c0a7d
- https://github.com/FluidSynth/fluidsynth/releases/tag/v2.5.6

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