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pulseaudio — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2007-1804

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.

Products
pulseaudio
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
0.9.6-1
CVEs
CVE-2007-1804
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 15:47 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2007-1804

core-osv · Original source

Published 2 Apr 2007, 23:19 UTC

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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2007-1804

pulseaudio

Fixed versions: 0.9.6-1

pulseaudio

Fixed versions: 0.9.6-1

pulseaudio

Fixed versions: 0.9.6-1

Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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      "modified": "2026-10-21T17:47:40.311682114Z",
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      ],
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        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-1804"
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