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CVE-2014-4656 Detail

Description

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=883a1d49f0d77d30012f114b2e19fc141beb3e8e CVE, MITRE
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ac902c112d90a89e59916f751c2745f4dbdbb4bd CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1083.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0087.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/59434 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/59777 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/60545 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/60564 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.15.2 CVE, MITRE Release Notes  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/6 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2334-1 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2335-1 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1113470 CVE, MITRE Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/883a1d49f0d77d30012f114b2e19fc141beb3e8e CVE, MITRE Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ac902c112d90a89e59916f751c2745f4dbdbb4bd CVE, MITRE Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-4656
NVD Published Date:
07/03/2014
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
MITRE