CVE-2016-2540

Published on: 02/07/2018 12:00:00 AM UTC

Last Modified on: 03/23/2021 11:27:16 PM UTC

CVE-2016-2540

Source: Mitre
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Certain versions of Audacity from Audacityteam contain the following vulnerability:

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

  • CVE-2016-2540 has been assigned by [email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as MEDIUM severity.

CVSS3 Score: 5.5 - MEDIUM

Attack
Vector ⓘ		 Attack
Complexity		 Privileges
Required		 User
Interaction
LOCAL LOW NONE REQUIRED
Scope Confidentiality
Impact		 Integrity
Impact		 Availability
Impact
UNCHANGED NONE NONE HIGH

CVSS2 Score: 4.3 - MEDIUM

Access
Vector ⓘ		 Access
Complexity		 Authentication
NETWORK MEDIUM NONE
Confidentiality
Impact		 Integrity
Impact		 Availability
Impact
NONE NONE PARTIAL

CVE References

Description Tags ⓘ Link
Fortinet Discovers Audacity WAV File Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability | FortiGuard Third Party Advisory
fortiguard.com
text/html
 URL Logo MISC fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-15-116
Release Notes 2.1.2 - Audacity Wiki Release Notes
Vendor Advisory
wiki.audacityteam.org
text/html
 URL Logo CONFIRM wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Release_Notes_2.1.2
[SECURITY] [DLA 1277-1] audacity security update Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org
text/html
 URL Logo MLIST [debian-lts-announce] 20180212 [SECURITY] [DLA 1277-1] audacity security update
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Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
ApplicationAudacityteamAudacityAllAllAllAll
ApplicationAudacityteamAudacityAllAllAllAll
  • cpe:2.3:a:audacityteam:audacity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
  • cpe:2.3:a:audacityteam:audacity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*: