CVE-2014-3970
LOW · CVSS 2.9EPSS 1.5%EU EUVD
The pa_rtp_recv function in modules/rtp/rtp.c in the module-rtp-recv module in PulseAudio 5.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and abort) via an empty UDP packet.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- EPSS score
- 1.5% (74th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-3903)
- Published
- June 11, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-3903 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- pulseaudio / pulseaudio
- pulseaudio / pulseaudio
- pulseaudio / pulseaudio
- pulseaudio / pulseaudio
- pulseaudio / pulseaudio
- pulseaudio / pulseaudio
- pulseaudio / pulseaudio
- pulseaudio / pulseaudio
- pulseaudio / pulseaudio
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0440.html
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/pulseaudio-discuss/2014-May/020740.html(Exploit)
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/429
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/437
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60624
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:134
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67814
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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