What is CVE-2024-11586?

CVE-2024-11586 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu's Pulseaudio, classified under Improper Resource Shutdown or Release. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2024-11-23.

How severe is CVE-2024-11586?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu's Pulseaudio

CVE-2024-11586

Ubuntu's implementation of pulseaudio can be crashed by a malicious program if a bluetooth headset is connected.

Published 2024-11-23 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (20.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 20th percentile — 20.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu's Pulseaudio — versions 0
Pulseaudio
Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 16.04

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-404 — Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

References

bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/2078822 (issue-tracking, Patch, Issue Tracking)
www.cve.org/CVERecord (issue-tracking, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-11586?: CVE-2024-11586 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu's Pulseaudio, classified under Improper Resource Shutdown or Release. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2024-11-23.
How severe is CVE-2024-11586?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.