CVE-2014-3970

low

Published 2014-06-11 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

2.9

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`5.0-3`
sid	Fixed	`5.0-3`
forky	Fixed	`5.0-3`
bullseye	Fixed	`5.0-3`
bookworm	Fixed	`5.0-3`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
pulseaudio	pulseaudio	`1.0`
pulseaudio	pulseaudio	`1.1`
pulseaudio	pulseaudio	`1.99.1`
pulseaudio	pulseaudio	`1.99.2`
pulseaudio	pulseaudio	`2.0`
pulseaudio	pulseaudio	`2.1`
pulseaudio	pulseaudio	`3.0`
pulseaudio	pulseaudio	`4.0`
pulseaudio	pulseaudio	`5.0`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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