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CVE-2004-0178
The OSS code for the Sound Blaster (sb16) driver in Linux 2.4.x before 2.4.26, when operating in 16 bit mode, does not properly handle…
Low2.1EPSS 0.44%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The OSS code for the Sound Blaster (sb16) driver in Linux 2.4.x before 2.4.26, when operating in 16 bit mode, does not properly handle certain sample sizes, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a sample with an odd number of bytes.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 51 days later
· 51 days later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.44% · top 61% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (19)
- RHSA-2004:413 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- O-127 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
- http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset%40404ce5967rY2Ryu6Z_uNbYh643wuFA (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9427 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- DSA-482 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2004:437 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-495 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- DSA-479 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- DSA-480 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- CLA-2004:846 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- DSA-489 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- DSA-481 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 9985 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- O-121 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
- linux-sound-blaster-dos(15868) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- O-193 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
- MDKSA-2004:029 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- GLSA-200407-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- DSA-491 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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