CVE-2014-9904

high
Published 2016-06-27 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.2
VIR risk
7.8

Description

The snd_compress_check_input function in sound/core/compress_offload.c in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.17 does not properly check for an integer overflow, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (insufficient memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted SNDRV_COMPRESS_SET_PARAMS ioctl call.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9904

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@android.com — https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6217e5ede23285ddfee10d2e4ba0cc2d4c046205

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@android.com — http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6217e5ede23285ddfee10d2e4ba0cc2d4c046205

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9904.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed4.0.2-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.0.2-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.0.2-1
debian debiansidfixed4.0.2-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.0.2-1
linux linux-kernelaffected3.12.62
debian debian8.0affected

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.