01 Record
CVE-2020-16123
Bypass of snapd pulseaudio restrictions
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: canonical
CNA base score4.4 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
02 Description
Bypass of snapd pulseaudio restrictions
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.31% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 24.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 4.7 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-12-03 23:15Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 19:20Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-07-29
- Assigning CNA
- canonical
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 4.4)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b0ce800db48b0b0b81a49c612cebbef053ab2228f89aecf220805b464781eee9
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Canonicalpulseaudio1:13.99.3-1 to < 1:13.99.3-1ubuntu2, 1:13.99.2-1 to < 1:13.99.2-1ubuntu2.1, 1:13.99.1-1 to < 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.8, 1:11.1-1 to < 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.11, 1:8.0-0 to < 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.15—
06 References
- launchpad.nethttps://launchpad.net/bugs/1895928
- ubuntu.comhttps://ubuntu.com/USN-4640-1
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- pulseaudio Fixed in 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.15
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- pulseaudio Fixed in 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.11
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- pulseaudio Fixed in 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.8
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.