CVE-2009-0490

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-0490
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-02-10 01:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionStack-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-787 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Audacityteam Audacity All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Broken Link
Audacity "String_parse::get_nonspace_quoted()" Buffer Overflow - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Audacity 'lib-src/allegro/strparse.cpp' Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:004 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
n2.nabble.com/Audacity-%22String_parse::get_nonspace_quoted%28%29%22-Buffer... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 n2.nabble.com
osvdb.org/51070 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org Broken Link
Audacity 1.2.6 (.gro File) Local Buffer Overflow PoC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Gentoo Bug 253493 - media-sound/audacity <1.3.6 Buffer overflow in String_parse::get_nonspace_quoted() (CVE-2009-0490) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Error 404 Not Found MITRE n2.nabble.com
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