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CVE-2016-4569

CVSS v3.0 5.5 (Medium)
55% Progress
CVSS v2.0 2.1 (Low)
21% Progress
EPSS 0.04 % (11th)
0.04% Progress
Affected Products 10
Advisories 31
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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.

Weaknesses
CWE-200
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
MITRE
Published Date
2016-05-23 10:59:08
(8 years ago)
Updated Date
2023-09-12 14:55:31
(12 months ago)

Affected Products

Canonical

Linux

Novell

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel 4.6 and prior versions cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel <= 4.6

Configuration #2

    CPE23 From Up To
  Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts
  Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts
  Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10
  Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts

Configuration #3

    CPE23 From Up To
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11.0 SP4 cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11.0:sp4
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12.0 cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12.0
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12.0 SP1 cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12.0:sp1
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11.0 SP4 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11.0:sp4
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12.0 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:12.0
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12.0 SP1 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:12.0:sp1
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12.0 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_live_patching:12.0
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12.0 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_module_for_public_cloud:12.0
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12.0 SP1 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension:12.0:sp1
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11.0 Extra cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:11.0:extra
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11.0 SP4 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:11.0:sp4
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.0 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12.0
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.0 SP1 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12.0:sp1
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12.0 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension:12.0
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12.0 SP1 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension:12.0:sp1