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CVE-2014-3970 json

The pa_rtp_recv function in modules/rtp/rtp.c in the module-rtp-recv module in PulseAudio 5.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause…

published 2014-06-11 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-3903

cvss
2.9
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The pa_rtp_recv function in modules/rtp/rtp.c in the module-rtp-recv module in PulseAudio 5.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and abort) via an empty UDP packet.

Patch / fix

  • pulseaudio Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.0-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3970

  • pulseaudio openSUSE Tumbleweed 9.0-2.3

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10241-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-3970 updated cvss 1.8

pulseaudio: denial of service in module-rtp-recv

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 pulseaudio, pulseaudio-libs, pulseaudio-utils, pulseaudio-gdm-hooks, pulseaudio-libs-glib2, pulseaudio-module-x11, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 pulseaudio, pulseaudio-libs, pulseaudio-qpaeq, pulseaudio-utils, pulseaudio-gdm-hooks, pulseaudio-libs-glib2, +5 more
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/pulseaudio-discuss/2014-May/020740.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.9 AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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