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CVE-2007-1804 Details

Description

PulseAudio 0.9.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via (1) a PA_PSTREAM_DESCRIPTOR_LENGTH value of FRAME_SIZE_MAX_ALLOW sent on TCP port 9875, which triggers a p->export assertion failure in do_read; (2) a PA_PSTREAM_DESCRIPTOR_LENGTH value of 0 sent on TCP port 9875, which triggers a length assertion failure in pa_memblock_new; or (3) an empty packet on UDP port 9875, which triggers a t assertion failure in pa_sdp_parse; and allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted packet on TCP port 9875 that (4) triggers a maxlength assertion failure in pa_memblockq_new, (5) triggers a size assertion failure in pa_xmalloc, or (6) plays a certain sound file.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/pulsex-adv.txt	CVE	Patch
http://aluigi.org/poc/pulsex.zip	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/25431	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/25787	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33315	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:065	CVE
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_13_sr.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23240	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-465-1	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1214	CVE
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/pulsex-adv.txt	[email protected]	Patch
http://aluigi.org/poc/pulsex.zip	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/25431	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/25787	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33315	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:065	[email protected]
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_13_sr.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23240	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-465-1	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1214	[email protected]

see all 20 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
pulseaudio pulseaudio	0.9.5
CPE cpe:2.3:a:pulseaudio:pulseaudio:0.9.5:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 4, 2007	Initial Analysis	[email protected]