VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2008-0008

CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability0.56%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-01-29
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

The pa_drop_root function in PulseAudio 0.9.8, and a certain 0.9.9 build, does not check return values from (1) setresuid, (2) setreuid, (3) setuid, and (4) seteuid calls when attempting to drop privileges, which might allow local users to gain privileges by causing those calls to fail via attacks such as resource exhaustion.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references