CVE-2014-4656 Integer overflow in n/a

What is CVE-2014-4656?

CVE-2014-4656 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 3 Jul 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Multiple integer overflows in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allow local users to cause a denial of service by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access, related to (1) index values in the snd_ctl_add function and (2) numid values in the snd_ctl_remove_numid_conflict function.

Weakness: CWE-190

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-4656?

It affects 9 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Linux kernel, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus and 3 more.

How do I fix CVE-2014-4656?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-4656 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-4656 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4656, GHSA-8hjr-53g2-5g69, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4656.