CVE-2014-3970 (GCVE-0-2014-3970)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-06-11 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 10:57
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/429 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/pulseaudio-… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0440.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/60624 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/437 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
Date Public
2014-05-31 00:00
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