CVE-2007-1804
highpriority · track · 44EPSS 0.074 · 94 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-29809PulseAudio 0.9.5 - 'Assert()' Remote Denial of Servicefunctional · exploit_db
affected products (2)
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references (20)
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- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/pulsex-adv.txtenisa_euvd
- http://aluigi.org/poc/pulsex.zipenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25431enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25787enisa_euvd
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:065enisa_euvd
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_13_sr.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23240enisa_euvd
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-465-1enisa_euvd
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