Unscored severity · published Apr 2, 2007
CVE-2007-1804
PulseAudio 0.9.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via (1) a PA_PSTREAM_DESCRIPTOR_LENGTH value of FRAME_SIZE_MAX_ALLOW sent on TCP port 9875,…
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CVSS
7.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
PulseAudio 0.9.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via (1) a PA_PSTREAM_DESCRIPTOR_LENGTH value of FRAME_SIZE_MAX_ALLOW sent on TCP port 9875, which triggers a p->export assertion failure in do_read; (2) a PA_PSTREAM_DESCRIPTOR_LENGTH value of 0 sent on TCP port 9875, which triggers a length assertion failure in pa_memblock_new; or (3) an empty packet on UDP port 9875, which triggers a t assertion failure in pa_sdp_parse; and allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted packet on TCP port 9875 that (4) triggers a maxlength assertion failure in pa_memblockq_new, (5) triggers a size assertion failure in pa_xmalloc, or (6) plays a certain sound file.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)7.4% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PU
Pulseaudio · Pulseaudio
0.9.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-1804
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-1804
Patch
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/pulsex-adv.txt
aluigi.org
http://aluigi.org/poc/pulsex.zip
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/25431
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/25787
www.mandriva.com
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:065
www.novell.com
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_13_sr.html
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