CVE-2011-1477
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Multiple array index errors in sound/oss/opl3.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 allow local users to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly gain privileges by leveraging write access to /dev/sequencer.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (35th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-1481)
- Published
- June 21, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1481 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- suse / linux enterprise desktop
References
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39(Broken Link)
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4d00135a680727f6c3be78f8befaac009030e4df
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/25/1(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4d00135a680727f6c3be78f8befaac009030e4df(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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