Attacker Value
Unknown
CVE-2016-4578
CVE-2016-4578
(Last updated October 05, 2023) ▾
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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.
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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Data provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Base Score:
5.5 Medium
Impact Score:
3.6
Exploitability Score:
1.8
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
Low
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
High
Integrity (I):
None
Availability (A):
None
General Information
Vendors
- canonical,
- debian,
- linux,
- opensuse,
- redhat
Products
- debian linux 8.0,
- enterprise linux desktop 7.0,
- enterprise linux server 7.0,
- enterprise linux server aus 7.3,
- enterprise linux server aus 7.4,
- enterprise linux server aus 7.6,
- enterprise linux server eus 7.3,
- enterprise linux server eus 7.4,
- enterprise linux server eus 7.5,
- enterprise linux server eus 7.6,
- enterprise linux server tus 7.3,
- enterprise linux server tus 7.6,
- enterprise linux workstation 7.0,
- leap 42.1,
- linux kernel,
- opensuse 13.1,
- ubuntu linux 12.04,
- ubuntu linux 14.04,
- ubuntu linux 15.10,
- ubuntu linux 16.04
References
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