CVE-2024-11586

Publication date 23 November 2024

Last updated 26 August 2025


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

4.0 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

Ubuntu's implementation of pulseaudio can be crashed by a malicious program if a bluetooth headset is connected.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
pulseaudio 26.04 LTS resolute
Not affected
25.10 questing
Not affected
25.04 plucky
Not affected
24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Vulnerable

Notes


mdeslaur

This issue is in the following Ubuntu-specific patch: 0502-bluetooth-bluez5-bring-back-SCO-over-PCM-support.patch The patch is only found in Ubuntu 16.04 and wasn't present in later releases.

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 4.0 · Medium

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H


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