CVE Watchtower

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CVE-2026-90781NVD

Description

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 Level
MEDIUM (4.4)
Published Date
13/09/2026
Last Modified
16/09/2026
Exploitation Status
????
EPSS Score
0.18% (percentile 7.7%)

CVSS Base Metrics

CVSS v3 (3.1)
MEDIUM 4.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CVSS v4 (4.0)
MEDIUM 4.8
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-193 - Off-by-one Error

Affected & Patched Versions

ProductAffected VersionsPatched Version
ALSA Project alsa-lib0 - <= 1.2.16.1f84cd4ced7b36fddb8e4ee24404cf7c091d27020
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