alsa-lib through 1.2.16.1 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the multi PCM plugin that fails to validate sparse binding indices before array access. Attackers can supply a malicious ALSA configuration file with sparse bindings to trigger an out-of-bounds array read and assertion failure, causing the application to abort.
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| Description | alsa-lib through 1.2.16.1 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the multi PCM plugin that fails to validate sparse binding indices before array access. Attackers can supply a malicious ALSA configuration file with sparse bindings to trigger an out-of-bounds array read and assertion failure, causing the application to abort. | |
| Title | alsa-lib through 1.2.16.1 Denial of Service via pcm_multi | |
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Alsa-project alsa-lib |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-129 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:alsa-project:alsa-lib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Alsa-project alsa-lib |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
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Updated: 2026-09-23T15:35:12.748Z
Reserved: 2026-09-23T15:10:29.016Z
Link: CVE-2026-96675
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-23T16:16:50.523
Modified: 2026-09-23T16:16:50.523
Link: CVE-2026-96675
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