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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-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 certain sample sizes, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a sample with an odd number of bytes.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:10:03.268Z

Reserved: 2004-02-25T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2004-0178

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2004-06-01T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2004-0178

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Publid Date: 2004-03-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2004-0178 - Bugzilla

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