Buffer overflow in Audacityteam Audacity
CVE-2009-0490
Stack-based buffer overflow in the String_parse::get_nonspace_quoted function in lib-src/allegro/strparse.cpp in Audacity 1.2.6 and other versions before 1.3.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a .gro file containing a long string.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.166 (96.9th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.166 · newest: 0.166 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7634 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
- osvdb.org/51070 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/33090 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0008 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- secunia.com/advisories/33356 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- n2.nabble.com/Audacity-"String_parse::get_nonspace_quoted()"-Buffer-Overflow-td… (mailing-list)