CVE-2016-4578 (GCVE-0-2016-4578)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-05-23 10:00
Modified
2024-08-06 00:32
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- n/a
Summary
sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 does not initialize certain r1 data structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via crafted use of the ALSA timer interface, related to the (1) snd_timer_user_ccallback and (2) snd_timer_user_tinterrupt functions.
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"assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
"assignerShortName": "mitre",
"cveId": "CVE-2016-4578",
"datePublished": "2016-05-23T10:00:00.000Z",
"dateReserved": "2016-05-11T00:00:00.000Z",
"dateUpdated": "2024-08-06T00:32:25.830Z",
"state": "PUBLISHED"
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}
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
- Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
- Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
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