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CVE-2026-25068

alsa-lib 1.2.15.2 Topology Decoder Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CVSS 4.6 MEDIUMEPSS 0.2%CWE-129
Vexday Risk Score
13Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC Nuclei Metasploit Patch referenciado
Lifecycle
29 Jan 2026Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
alsa-lib versions 1.2.2 up to and including 1.2.15.2, prior to commit 5f7fe33, contain a heap-based buffer overflow in the topology mixer control decoder. The tplg_decode_control_mixer1() function reads the num_channels field from untrusted .tplg data and uses it as a loop bound without validating it against the fixed-size channel array (SND_TPLG_MAX_CHAN). A crafted topology file with an excessive num_channels value can cause out-of-bounds heap writes, leading to a crash.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
ALSA Project · alsa-lib

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