CVE-2016-4569
—CVSS 3.0
5.5 medium
EPSS
<1%p56
Published
()
Modified
Description
The snd_timer_user_params function in sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via crafted use of the ALSA timer interface.
- Vendors
- linuxcanonicalnovell
- Products
- linux kernel, ubuntu linux, suse linux enterprise software development kit, suse linux enterprise debuginfo, suse linux enterprise desktop, suse linux enterprise live patching, suse linux enterprise module for public cloud, suse linux enterprise real time extension, suse linux enterprise server, suse linux enterprise workstation extension
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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