Is CVE-2007-1804 being actively exploited?

CVE-2007-1804 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-1804?

CVE-2007-1804 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

CVE-2007-1804

HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 7.6%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.8 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS score: 7.6% (95th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2007-1798)
Published: April 2, 2007
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-1798 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

pulseaudio / pulseaudio

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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