CVE catalog
CVE-2020-11931
pulseaudio vulnerability
- Severity
- Unknown
- Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.33% · Oct 25, 2026
An Ubuntu-specific modification to Pulseaudio to provide security mediation for Snap-packaged applications was found to have a bypass of intended access restriction for snaps which plugs any of pulseaudio, audio-playback or audio-record via unloading the pulseaudio snap policy module. This issue affects: pulseaudio 1:8.0 versions prior to 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.12; 1:11.1 versions prior to 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.7; 1:13.0 versions prior to 1:13.0-1ubuntu1.2; 1:13.99.1 versions prior to 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.2;
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 16.04 | 1:6.0-0ubuntu13 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 16.04 | 1:7.1-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 16.04 | 1:7.1-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 16.04 | 1:7.1-1ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 16.04 | 1:7.1-1ubuntu6 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 16.04 | 1:7.1-1ubuntu7 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 16.04 | 1:8.0-0ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 16.04 | 1:8.0-0ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 16.04 | 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 16.04 | 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 16.04 | 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 16.04 | 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 16.04 | 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.7 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 16.04 | 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.8 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 16.04 | 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.9 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 16.04 | 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.10 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 16.04 | 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.11 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 16.04 | 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.12 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 18.04 | 1:10.0-2ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 18.04 | 1:11.1-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 18.04 | 1:11.1-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 18.04 | 1:11.1-1ubuntu4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 18.04 | 1:11.1-1ubuntu5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 18.04 | 1:11.1-1ubuntu6 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 18.04 | 1:11.1-1ubuntu7 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 18.04 | 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 18.04 | 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 18.04 | 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 18.04 | 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 18.04 | 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.7 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 20.04 | 1:13.0-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 20.04 | 1:13.0-1ubuntu4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 20.04 | 1:13.0-1ubuntu5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 20.04 | 1:13.0-3ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 20.04 | 1:13.0-3ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 20.04 | 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 20.04 | 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 20.04 | 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 20.04 | 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 16.04 | 1:6.0-0ubuntu13 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 16.04 | 1:7.1-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 16.04 | 1:7.1-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 16.04 | 1:7.1-1ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 16.04 | 1:7.1-1ubuntu6 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 16.04 | 1:7.1-1ubuntu7 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 16.04 | 1:8.0-0ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 16.04 | 1:8.0-0ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 16.04 | 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 16.04 | 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 16.04 | 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 16.04 | 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 16.04 | 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.7 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 16.04 | 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.8 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 16.04 | 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.9 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 16.04 | 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.10 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 16.04 | 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.11 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 16.04 | 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.12 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 18.04 | 1:10.0-2ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 18.04 | 1:11.1-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 18.04 | 1:11.1-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 18.04 | 1:11.1-1ubuntu4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 18.04 | 1:11.1-1ubuntu5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 18.04 | 1:11.1-1ubuntu6 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 18.04 | 1:11.1-1ubuntu7 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 18.04 | 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 18.04 | 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 18.04 | 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 18.04 | 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 18.04 | 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.7 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 20.04 | 1:13.0-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 20.04 | 1:13.0-1ubuntu4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 20.04 | 1:13.0-1ubuntu5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 20.04 | 1:13.0-3ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 20.04 | 1:13.0-3ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 20.04 | 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 20.04 | 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 20.04 | 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | 20.04 | 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.2 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | deb | 16.04 | 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.12 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-11931 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | deb | 18.04 | 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.7 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-11931 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | deb | 20.04 | 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.2 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-11931 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | deb | 16.04 | 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.12 | Not reported | USN-4355-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | deb | 18.04 | 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.7 | Not reported | USN-4355-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | pulseaudio | deb | 20.04 | 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.2 | Not reported | USN-4355-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
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