CVE-2026-90781 (GCVE-0-2026-90781)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-13 12:22 – Updated: 2026-09-13 12:22
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
alsa-lib through 1.2.16.1 Off-by-One Stack Buffer Overflow in __snd_ctl_ascii_elem_id_parse()
Summary
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.
Severity
4.4 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-193 - Off-by-one Error
Assigner
References
5 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-lib/commit/f… | patch |
| https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-lib/blob/v1.… | technical-description |
| https://lore.kernel.org/alsa-devel/CACBQ=P2FhO3M6… | mailing-list |
| https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-lib | product |
| https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/alsa-lib-thr… | third-party-advisory |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALSA Project | alsa-lib |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 1.2.16.1
(custom)
Unaffected: f84cd4ced7b36fddb8e4ee24404cf7c091d27020 (git) cpe:2.3:a:alsa-project:alsa-lib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Date Public
2026-08-30 00:00
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Nomenclature
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