CVE-2012-6703

7.8 highEPSS 0.3%

High (7.8) in linux linux kernel. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Integer overflow in the snd_compr_allocate_buffer function in sound/core/compress_offload.c in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.6-rc6-next-20120917 allows local users to cause a denial of service (insufficient memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted SNDRV_COMPRESS_SET_PARAMS ioctl call.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 24% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-190
Published: 2016-06-29
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

linux:linux_kernel

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b35cc8225845112a616e3a2266d2fde5ab13d3ab
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/28/6
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91502
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036190
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1351076

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