usn-8044-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2026-02-16 14:01
Modified
2026-04-27 14:11
Summary
alsa-lib vulnerability
Details
It was discovered that alsa-lib incorrectly handled the topology mixer control decoder. A local attacker could use a specially crafted topology file to cause alsa-lib to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
References
| URL | Type | |
|---|---|---|
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"details": "It was discovered that alsa-lib incorrectly handled the topology mixer\ncontrol decoder. A local attacker could use a specially crafted topology\nfile to cause alsa-lib to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or\npossibly execute arbitrary code.",
"id": "USN-8044-1",
"modified": "2026-04-27T14:11:49Z",
"published": "2026-02-16T14:01:32Z",
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"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8044-1"
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}
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