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CVE-2014-9904

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Date: June 27, 2016

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.

Language: C

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Related Resources (12)

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3616
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9904
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036189
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9904
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91510
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6217e5ede23285ddfee10d2e4ba0cc2d4c046205
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-9904
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6217e5ede23285ddfee10d2e4ba0cc2d4c046205
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-9904

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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