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CVE-2012-6703

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Date: June 29, 2016

Integer overflow in the snd_compr_allocate_buffer function in sound/core/compress_offload.c in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.6-rc6-next-20120917 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.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (9)

https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/next/patch-v3.6-rc6-next-20120917.xz
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036190
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1351076
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b35cc8225845112a616e3a2266d2fde5ab13d3ab
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91502
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/28/6
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6703
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b35cc8225845112a616e3a2266d2fde5ab13d3ab
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-6703

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

CWE-190

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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