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CVE-2014-9904 json

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 prope…

published 2016-06-27 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-9709

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 32%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • linux linux_kernel 3.12.62, 3.16.37
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.0.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9904

  • linux Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 3.13.0-101.148

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9904

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-ec2 SLE Module for Public Cloud 12 3.12.61-52.66.1
  • kernel-ec2 SLE Module for Public Cloud 12 3.12.62-60.62.1
  • kernel-xen SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 3.12.62-60.62.1
  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 3.12.62-60.62.1
  • kernel-source SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 3.12.62-60.62.1
  • kernel-default SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 +1 more 3.12.62-60.62.1
  • kernel-obs-build SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP1 3.12.62-60.62.1
  • kernel-rt SLE Real Time 12 SP1 3.12.61-60.18.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:0471-1SUSE-SU-2016:2105-1SUSE-SU-2016:1937-1

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-2014-9904 updated cvss 5.5

kernel: Integer overflow in snd_compr_allocate_buffer()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 kernel-rt, mrg-rt-release, kernel-rt-trace, kernel-rt-vanilla, kernel-rt-firmware
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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

0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

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