VDB
CVE-2016-4569
CVE-2016-4569
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 0.37% · 58.9th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.37%
58.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux-lts-vivid | 3.19.0-30.33~14.04.1, 3.19.0-58.64~14.04.1, 3.19.0-51.57~14.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-realtime | 0, 6.8.1-1015.16 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-gke | 5.4.0-1080.86, 5.4.0-1078.84, 5.4.0-1074.79 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.11 | 0, *, 6.11.0-1018.18~24.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-gkeop | 5.4.0-1100.104, 5.4.0-1026.27, 5.4.0-1027.28 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-hwe | 5.0.0-23.24~18.04.1, 5.3.0-64.58~18.04.1, 5.3.0-65.59 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-riscv | 5.4.0-28.32, 5.4.0-26.30, 5.4.0-40.45 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux-snapdragon | 4.4.0-1012.12, 4.4.0-1013.14, 4.4.0-1015.18 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux | 3.13.0-49.83, 0, 3.11.0-12.19 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iot-realtime | 5.15.0-1073.75, 0 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux-raspi2 | 4.4.0-1004.5, 4.4.0-1009.10, 4.4.0-1012.16 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv | 5.15.0-1019.22, 5.15.0-1020.23, 5.15.0-1027.31 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux-lts-wily | 4.2.0-35.40~14.04.1, 4.2.0-38.45~14.04.1, 4.2.0-36.42~14.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-riscv | 6.8.0-59.61.1, 6.8.0-31.31.1, 0 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux | 4.3.0-1.10, 4.4.0-21.37, 4.4.0-22.39 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-realtime | 0, 5.15.0-1032.35 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.11 | *, 6.11.0-29.29~24.04.1, 6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde | 5.4.0-1073.76+cvm1.1, *, * |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-azure | 4.15.0-1036.38, 4.15.0-1018.18, 4.15.0-1019.19 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux-lts-xenial | *, 4.4.0-24.43~14.04.1, 4.4.0-22.40~14.04.1 |
…and 8 more
Exploit Intelligence
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46006 (certbund)
Timeline
- May 9, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4569 third-party-advisory
- http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/2214250 third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/09/17 third-party-advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git/commit/?h=for-next&id=cec8f96e49d9be372fdb0c3836dcf31ec71e457e third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3016-1 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3016-2 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3017-1 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3017-3 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3016-3 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3016-4 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3017-2 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3020-1 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3018-2 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3018-1 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3019-1 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3021-2 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3021-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4569 third-party-advisory