CVE-2016-2540 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Audacity before 2.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted FORMATCHUNK structure.

Published: 2018-02-07

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: 1.9% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:audacityteam:audacity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-1277-1	audacity security update
EUVD	EUVD-2016-3616	Audacity before 2.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted FORMATCHUNK structure.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01885.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Release_Notes_2.1.2
https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-15-116
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00012.html

History

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Subscriptions

Audacityteam Audacity

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-02-07T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:32:20.928Z

Reserved: 2016-02-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-2540

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-02-07T17:29:00.247

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:44:15.217

Link: CVE-2016-2540

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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