CVE-2026-96675CWE-129

CVE-2026-96675

Low · published September 23, 2026

CVSS v3.1
3.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
1.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
3.3 · LOW
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v4.0
4.8 · 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
EPSS
0.00111 · 1.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-129 · Improper Validation of Array Index
Published
2026-09-23T20:16Z
References (4)
https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-lib · [email protected]https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-lib/blob/v1.2.16.1/src/pcm/pcm_multi.c#L1122-L1131 · [email protected]https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-lib/pull/527 · [email protected]https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/alsa-lib-through-1.2.16.1-denial-of-service-via-pcm-multi · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 SEP 03:28Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 23 SEP 15:35Z
    alsa-lib through 1.2.16.1 Denial of Service via pcm_multi
    cvelistv5