CVE-2004-0178

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-06-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The OSS code for the Sound Blaster (sb16) driver in Linux 2.4.x before 2.4.26, when operating in 16 bit mode, does not properly handle certain sample sizes, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a sample with an odd number of bytes.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.4.0

References

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000846
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset%40404ce5967rY2Ryu6Z_uNbYh643wuFA
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200407-02.xml
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-121.shtml
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-127.shtml
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-193.shtml
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-479
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-480
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-481
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-482
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-489

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