usn-4519-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2020-09-17 22:08
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
pulseaudio vulnerability
Details

Ratchanan Srirattanamet discovered that an Ubuntu-specific patch caused PulseAudio to incorrectly handle memory under certain error conditions in the Bluez 5 module. An attacker could use this issue to cause PulseAudio to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-15710)

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            {
              "id": "CVE-2020-15710",
              "severity": [
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                  "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
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                },
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                  "score": "medium",
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                }
              ]
            }
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        }
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libpulse-mainloop-glib0",
            "binary_version": "1:8.0-0ubuntu3.14"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpulse0",
            "binary_version": "1:8.0-0ubuntu3.14"
          },
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            "binary_name": "libpulsedsp",
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          },
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          },
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          },
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          {
            "binary_name": "pulseaudio-module-droid",
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          {
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          {
            "binary_name": "pulseaudio-module-lirc",
            "binary_version": "1:8.0-0ubuntu3.14"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "pulseaudio-module-raop",
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          },
          {
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            "binary_name": "pulseaudio-module-zeroconf",
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      },
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              "introduced": "0"
            },
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            }
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
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        "1:7.1-1ubuntu1",
        "1:7.1-1ubuntu2",
        "1:7.1-1ubuntu3",
        "1:7.1-1ubuntu6",
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        "1:8.0-0ubuntu2",
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        "1:8.0-0ubuntu3.2",
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        "1:8.0-0ubuntu3.4",
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    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Ratchanan Srirattanamet discovered that an Ubuntu-specific patch caused\nPulseAudio to incorrectly handle memory under certain error conditions in the\nBluez 5 module. An attacker could use this issue to cause PulseAudio to crash,\nresulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.\n(CVE-2020-15710)\n",
  "id": "USN-4519-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:39Z",
  "published": "2020-09-17T22:08:14Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4519-1"
    },
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-15710"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "pulseaudio vulnerability",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15710"
  ]
}



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