UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4656
Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
Downstream
Published: 03 Jul 2014, 00:00
Last modified:12 May 2026, 13:20
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100 CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
03 Jul 2014, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
12 May 2026, 13:20
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
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.
Affected Systems
- ubuntu•linux
< 3.13.0-35.62
- ubuntu•linux-azure
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-gke
all
- ubuntu•linux-gkeop
all
- ubuntu•linux-hwe
all
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-6.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-intel-iot-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-raspi-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-raspi2
all
- ubuntu•linux-realtime
all | all
- ubuntu•linux-riscv
all | all | all
References (15)
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4656
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ac902c112d90a89e59916f751c2745f4dbdbb4bd
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/883a1d49f0d77d30012f114b2e19fc141beb3e8e
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1113470
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/6
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.15.2
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ac902c112d90a89e59916f751c2745f4dbdbb4bd
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=883a1d49f0d77d30012f114b2e19fc141beb3e8e
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2332-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2333-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2334-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2335-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2336-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2337-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-4656