CVE-2016-4569

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The snd_timer_user_params function in sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via crafted use of the ALSA timer interface.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-200

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
May 23, 2016
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-4569: Medium severity, CVSS 5.5 | Vulnix