CVE-2014-9904

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound

The snd_compress_check_input function in sound/core/compress_offload.c in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.17 does not properly check for an integer overflow, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (insufficient memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted SNDRV_COMPRESS_SET_PARAMS ioctl call.

CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.8. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Linux

First reported 8 years ago

2016-06-27 10:59:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-09-01 01:29:00

Affected Software

Linux Kernel

Debian Linux 8.0 (Jessie)

8.0

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6217e5ede23285ddfee10d2e4ba0cc2d4c046205

Patch, Vendor Advisory

SUSE-SU-2016:1937

Third Party Advisory

SUSE-SU-2016:2105

openSUSE-SU-2016:2184

DSA-3616

Third Party Advisory

91510

1036189

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6217e5ede23285ddfee10d2e4ba0cc2d4c046205

Patch, Vendor Advisory

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