CVE-2025-56225 Affecting fluidsynth package, versions <2.4.7+dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.44% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-FLUIDSYNTH-14909069
  • published10 Jan 2026
  • disclosed9 Jan 2026

Introduced: 9 Jan 2026

CVE-2025-56225  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable fluidsynth to version 2.4.7+dfsg-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream fluidsynth package and not the fluidsynth package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

fluidsynth-2.4.6 and earlier versions is vulnerable to Null pointer dereference in fluid_synth_monopoly.c, that can be triggered when loading an invalid midi file.