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CVE-2025-39696

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2025-39696 is a memory corruption vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ALSA HDA audio driver, specifically affecting the tas2781 component. This flaw, caused by an incorrect pointer reference during a code conversion, can lead to system crashes. Rated as MEDIUM severity (CVSS 5.5), it requires local access and low privileges to exploit, with the primary impact being a denial of service. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 6.16, < 6.16.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
2.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0013 is in the 19th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 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 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2025-39696

kernel: ALSA: hda: tas2781: Fix wrong reference of tasdevice_priv

Sep 5, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/2812815aa79637d39d4398ecd7e58f65d1c79231
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/3f4422e7c9436abf81a00270be7e4d6d3760ec0e
Patch