CVE-2016-4578
PoC —CVSS 3.0
5.5 medium
EPSS
1%p66
Published
()
Modified
Description
sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 does not initialize certain r1 data structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via crafted use of the ALSA timer interface, related to the (1) snd_timer_user_ccallback and (2) snd_timer_user_tinterrupt functions.
- Vendors
- linuxcanonicaldebianredhatopensuse
- Products
- linux kernel, ubuntu linux, debian linux, enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux server aus, enterprise linux server eus, enterprise linux server tus, enterprise linux workstation, leap, opensuse
- 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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