CVE-2016-4578

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 does not initialize certain r1 data structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via crafted use of the ALSA timer interface, related to the (1) snd_timer_user_ccallback and (2) snd_timer_user_tinterrupt functions.

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

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

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

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CVE-2016-4578: Medium severity, CVSS 5.5 | Vulnix