CVE-2014-3970

Severity: low (CVSS 2.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-06-11 · updated 2026-06-17

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.

Affected products

Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu's pulseaudio: 1.0, 1.1, 1.99.1, 1.99.2, 2.0, 2.1 (+3)

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0440.html
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/pulseaudio-discuss/2014-May/020740.html
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/429
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/437
http://secunia.com/advisories/60624
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:134
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67814
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0440.html
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/pulseaudio-discuss/2014-May/020740.html
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/429
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/437
http://secunia.com/advisories/60624

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