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, 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.

CVSS v2.0

7.8 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS

7.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 94th percentile

Published

2007-04-02

Updated

2024-08-07

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• http://aluigi.org/poc/pulsex.zip

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29809

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2007-1801
• CVE-2007-1805
• CVE-2007-1795
• CVE-2007-1806
• CVE-2007-1793
• CVE-2007-1807