Off-by-one Error Affecting alsa-lib package, versions <1.2.14-1+e3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-ALSALIB-19784344
  • published14 Sept 2026
  • disclosed13 Sept 2026

Introduced: 13 Sep 2026

CVE-2026-90781  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-193  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest alsa-lib to version 1.2.14-1+e3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream alsa-lib package and not the alsa-lib package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

alsa-lib through 1.2.16.1 contains a stack buffer overflow in the __snd_ctl_ascii_elem_id_parse() function that writes one byte past a 64-byte buffer when parsing a name= field with 64 or more characters. Attackers can supply a long control-element identifier string through saved state files or command-line arguments to overwrite adjacent stack memory and crash the calling process.

CVSS Base Scores

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