CVE-2026-96675

Description

alsa-lib through 1.2.16.1 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the multi PCM plugin that fails to validate sparse binding indices before array access. Attackers can supply a malicious ALSA configuration file with sparse bindings to trigger an out-of-bounds array read and assertion failure, causing the application to abort.

Overview

State: PUBLISHED
Assigner (CNA): VulnCheck
CVSS severity: MEDIUM
CVSS score: 4.8 / 10
CVSS vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Effective score: 4.8 / 10 MEDIUM source: CNA overview
CWE(s): CWE-129
Reserved: 2026-09-23
Published: 2026-09-23 15:35 UTC
Last updated: 2026-09-23 17:43 UTC
Source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2026/96xxx/CVE-2026-96675.json

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NVD published: 2026-09-23 16:16:50 UTC
NVD last modified: 2026-09-23 18:17:12 UTC
NVD CVSS v3.1: 3.3 / 10 LOW source: disclosure@vulncheck.com
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Exploitability subscore: 1.8 / 10
Impact subscore: 1.4 / 10

European Union Vulnerability Database ENISA EUVD

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EUVD ID: EUVD-2026-85347
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published: Sep 23, 2026, 3:35:12 PM
Updated: Sep 23, 2026, 5:43:33 PM
EUVD base score (CVSS 4.0): 4.8 / 10
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EUVD-reported EPSS: 0.0000
Vendors: ALSA Project
Products: alsa-lib (0 ≤1.2.16.1)
Aliases: GHSA-3gf2-g4r5-8vxr

ENISA description: alsa-lib through 1.2.16.1 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the multi PCM plugin that fails to validate sparse binding indices before array access. Attackers can supply a malicious ALSA configuration file with sparse bindings to trigger an out-of-bounds array read and assertion failure, causing the application to abort.

EUVD references (4)

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Versions	Platforms
ALSA Project	alsa-lib	`0` (affected)	—

Vendor references (4)

References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.

https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-lib/pull/527 issue-trackingpatch
https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-lib/blob/v1.2.16.1/src/pcm/pcm_multi.c#L1122-L1131 technical-description
https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-lib product
VulnCheck Advisory: alsa-lib through 1.2.16.1 Denial of Service via pcm_multi third-party-advisory

Web references (0)

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NVD-tagged references (4)

Reference list NVD curates from the CNA record, vendor advisories, and third-party reports. The tag chips below are NVD's analyst-assigned categories.

https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-lib disclosure@vulncheck.com
https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-lib/blob/v1.2.16.1/src/pcm/pcm_multi.c#L1122-L1131 disclosure@vulncheck.com
https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-lib/pull/527 disclosure@vulncheck.com
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/alsa-lib-through-1.2.16.1-denial-of-service-via-pcm-multi disclosure@vulncheck.com

Remediations (10)

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SAP Security Patch Day - September 2026

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Microsoft's September 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes a record 966 security vulnerabilities, including two zero-days that attackers are actively exploiting. Microsoft has released Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11 alongside Windows 10 KB5122878, delivering what appears to be the company's largest ...

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Patch Tuesday September 2026: CVE Analysis | Automox

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September 2026 Patch Tuesday ships a record 973 CVEs , led by two exploited elevation of privilege bugs in the Windows Update Stack and ALPC. Plus unauthenticated RCE in DNS and Remote Desktop Services, a SQL Copilot read-only bypass, and an Outlook Reading Pane RCE.

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2026-09-24 11:44 UTC

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The full cvelistV5 record. Download as CVE-2026-96675.json.

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