Out-of-bounds Read Affecting alsa-lib-devel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-ALSALIBDEVEL-20170042
  • published27 Sept 2026
  • disclosed23 Sept 2026

Introduced: 23 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-96674  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 alsa-lib-devel.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream alsa-lib-devel package and not the alsa-lib-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

alsa-lib through 1.2.16.1 computes combined topology element size using 32-bit arithmetic in src/topology/ctl.c, allowing integer overflow that defeats bounds checks. Attackers can supply crafted topology files that wrap size calculations, causing the decoder to read beyond the topology buffer and potentially leak sensitive data or crash the application.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1