Buffer overflow in Alsaplayer 0.99.71, when installed setuid root, allows local users to…
Priority LOW 35Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Complete · Complete · Complete
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Buffer overflow in Alsaplayer 0.99.71, when installed setuid root, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) -f or (2) -o command line argument.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01588 75th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:alsaplayer:alsaplayer:0.99.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.99.71 | Vulnerable | Alsaplayer |
- cpe:2.3:a:alsaplayer:alsaplayer:0.99.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.99.71 Vulnerable ·Alsaplayer
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2002-1896
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7pr9-q2qp-2jxf
References
More Alsaplayer vulnerabilities
- TI-2007-05101 Buffer overflow in the vorbis_stream_info function in input/vorbis/vorbis_engine.c (aka… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
Sources
- CVE-2002-1896 · CVE Program
- CVE-2002-1896 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7pr9-q2qp-2jxf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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