CVE-2026-14330

Publication date 3 July 2026

Last updated 7 July 2026

Ubuntu priority

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

Multiple unbounded alloca() calls in the PulseAudio protocol server.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
pipewire	26.04 LTS resolute	Needs evaluation
	25.10 questing	Needs evaluation
	24.04 LTS noble	Needs evaluation
	22.04 LTS jammy	Needs evaluation
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
pulseaudio	26.04 LTS resolute	Not affected
	25.10 questing	Not affected
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected

Notes

rodrigo-zaiden

this has been assigned to PulseAudio but there are references to pipewire so both are here but needs a better triage once more information is available.

kkernick

This only affects PipeWire's Pulse Server.

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
pipewire	Upstream: ed2c0ad

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 5.5 · Medium

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

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