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CVE-2014-4656

Multiple integer overflows in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2

Multiple integer overflows in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allow local users to cause a denial of service by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access, related to (1) index values in the snd_ctl_add function and (2) numid values in the snd_ctl_remove_numid_conflict function.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.00075
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4.6
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD03 Jul 2014 · 04:22 AM

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