CVE-2004-0178 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Sound Blaster (sb16) driver within Linux kernel versions 2.4.x prior to 2.4.26. When operating in 16-bit mode, the driver improperly handles audio samples with an odd number of bytes, allowing a local attacker to crash the system. This vulnerability has a low severity score (CVSS 2.1) due to its local attack vector and limited impact to availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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