Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8/9/10 PulseAudio Protocol alloca allocation of resources

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8/9/10 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function alloca of the component PulseAudio Protocol. Such manipulation leads to allocation of resources. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-14330. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8/9/10. Affected by this issue is the function alloca of the component PulseAudio Protocol. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a allocation of resources vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-770. The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor. The impact remains unknown. CVE summarizes:

Multiple unbounded alloca() calls in the PulseAudio protocol server.

The advisory is available at access.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-14330 since 07/01/2026. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/03/2026).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 342428 (AlmaLinux 9 : pipewire (ALSA-2026:61240)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (342428), EUVD (EUVD-2026-41007) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2026-3095). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Affected

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Allocation of resources
CWE: CWE-770 / CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Nessus ID: 342428
Nessus Name: AlmaLinux 9 : pipewire (ALSA-2026:61240)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/01/2026 Advisory disclosed
07/01/2026 +0 days CVE reserved
07/01/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/03/2026 +64 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: access.redhat.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2026-14330 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-14330
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-375554
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CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2026-3095 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux (pipewire,dbus-broker): Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of Service

Entryinfo

Created: 07/01/2026 17:12
Updated: 09/03/2026 14:26
Changes: 07/01/2026 17:12 (54), 07/01/2026 19:27 (1), 08/30/2026 01:10 (9), 08/31/2026 15:25 (7), 09/03/2026 14:26 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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