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Medium 4.6Published Jan 29, 2026

CVE-2026-25068alsa-lib 1.2.15.2 Topology Decoder Heap-based Buffer Overflow

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alsa-lib versions 1.2.2 up to and including 1.2.15.2, prior to commit 5f7fe33, contain a heap-based buffer overflow in the topology mixer control decoder. The tplg_decode_control_mixer1() function reads the num_channels field from untrusted .tplg data and uses it as a loop bound without validating it against the fixed-size channel array (SND_TPLG_MAX_CHAN). A crafted topology file with an excessive num_channels value can cause out-of-bounds heap writes, leading to a crash.

CVSS
4.6 MEDIUM (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-129
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
VulnCheck
NVD analysis
Deferred
Record last updated
May 25, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
ALSA Project alsa-lib
alsa_project:alsa_lib (from the name)
from 1.2.2 through 1.2.15.2; 5f7fe33002d2d98d84f72e381ec2cccc0d5d3d40 not affected
CNA record

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