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CVE-2004-0178

11
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
36.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0044 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: kernel-0:2.4.21-15.0.4.EL
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2004-0178

security flaw

Mar 26, 2004

References

patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20040804-01-U.asc
distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
linux.bkbits.net / linux-2.4/cset%40404ce5967rY2Ryu6Z_uNbYh643wuFA
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200407-02.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/15868
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9427
ciac.org / ciac/bulletins/o-121.shtml
ciac.org / ciac/bulletins/o-127.shtml
ciac.org / ciac/bulletins/o-193.shtml
debian.org / security/2004/dsa-479
debian.org / security/2004/dsa-480
debian.org / security/2004/dsa-481
debian.org / security/2004/dsa-482
PatchVendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2004/dsa-489
PatchVendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2004/dsa-491
PatchVendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2004/dsa-495
PatchVendor Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2004-413.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2004-437.html
securityfocus.com / bid/9985