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AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Local socket access inherently requires an active user session (AV:L, PR:L); purely a DoS crash with no confidentiality or integrity impact (C:N/I:N).
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CVSS VectorVendor: redhat
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2DescriptionCVE.org
Multiple unbounded alloca() calls in the PulseAudio protocol server.
AnalysisAI
Stack exhaustion via multiple unbounded alloca() calls in the PulseAudio protocol server on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, 9, and 10 allows a local low-privileged attacker to crash the audio daemon, resulting in denial of service. The root cause (CWE-770) is the absence of size validation on attacker-controlled protocol parameters before passing them to alloca(), a stack-based allocator with no OS-enforced ceiling. No public exploit code has been identified and this CVE is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog at time of analysis.
Technical ContextAI
PulseAudio is a userspace sound server daemon that exposes a Unix-domain socket interface for local audio clients. Its protocol server component parses incoming client messages and may use caller-supplied length fields directly in alloca() calls - a C function that allocates memory on the current stack frame rather than the heap. Unlike malloc(), alloca() bypasses heap allocator limits and is bounded only by the thread's stack size; supplying an excessively large value triggers a stack overflow and immediate process crash. CWE-770 (Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling) is the precise root cause class: untrusted size values from protocol messages are not clamped or validated before consumption. CPE data confirms the vulnerability exists in PulseAudio as packaged across Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:red_hat_enterprise_linux_8), RHEL 9 (cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:red_hat_enterprise_linux_9), and RHEL 10 (cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:red_hat_enterprise_linux_10).
RemediationAI
No exact patched PulseAudio package version is identified in the available references - patch availability and specific fix versions must be confirmed directly via the Red Hat security advisory at https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-14330 and the Bugzilla report at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2495907; apply the vendor-released RPM update as soon as it becomes available via standard RHEL channels (yum/dnf update pulseaudio). As an immediate compensating control on multi-user systems, restrict which local user accounts can connect to the PulseAudio socket - this is typically managed through session ownership enforced by the desktop session manager, so disabling console login for untrusted accounts reduces exposure. On server systems where audio is not required, disabling or removing the PulseAudio daemon (systemctl disable --now pulseaudio.service pulseaudio.socket) eliminates the attack surface entirely with no functional trade-off for headless workloads.
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SUSE
Severity: Moderate| Product | Status |
|---|---|
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP7 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.3 | Affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP2 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP4 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP5 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.1 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.2 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.3 | Not-Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.4 | Not-Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | Affected |
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External POC / Exploit Code
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EUVD-2026-41007
GHSA-26rf-3h26-fc3w