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.
Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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
First Time appeared Alsa-project
Alsa-project alsa-lib
Weaknesses CWE-129
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:alsa-project:alsa-lib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Alsa-project
Alsa-project alsa-lib
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


Projects

Sign in to view the affected projects.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-23T15:35:12.748Z

Reserved: 2026-09-23T15:10:29.016Z

Link: CVE-2026-96675

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-23T16:16:50.523

Modified: 2026-09-23T16:16:50.523

Link: CVE-2026-96675

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses