CVE-2016-2540

MEDIUM

Audacity < 2.1.2 - Denial of Service via Crafted FORMATCHUNK Structure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Release_Notes_2.1.2
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-15-116
Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00012.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0192
EPSS Percentile 77.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
audacityteam/audacity < 2.1.2
Published Feb 07, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026