2.9

CVE-2014-3970: pulseaudio

CVSS: 2.9v2.0LowModified
AliasesMGASA-2014-0440DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3970openSUSE-SU-2024:10241-1
Published 11-06-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-3970 is a low (CVSS 2.9) vulnerability in pulseaudio. EPSS estimates a 1.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
2.9/10
010
Low · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.46%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 11-06-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The pa_rtp_recv function in modules/rtp/rtp.c in the module-rtp-recv module in PulseAudio 5.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and abort) via an empty UDP packet.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.46%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

73%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.46% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.46%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (lists.freedesktop.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Mageia2 products
  • pulseaudio< 3.0-7.1.mga3
  • pulseaudio< 5.0-1.mga4
Debian1 product
  • pulseaudio< 5.0-3
Opensuse1 product
  • pulseaudio&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 9.0-2.3
Pulseaudio1 product
  • pulseaudio1.0 | 1.1 | 1.99.1 | 1.99.2 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0

4 vendors · 5 products

References

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