CVE-2016-2540

low-risk

Published 2018-02-07

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

Do I need to act?

0.91% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 5.5/10 Medium

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Audacity

Affected Vendors

Audacityteam

References (6)

Release Notes http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Release_Notes_2.1.2

Third Party Advisory https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-15-116

Third Party Advisory https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00012.html

Release Notes http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Release_Notes_2.1.2

Third Party Advisory https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-15-116

Third Party Advisory https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00012.html

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low-risk

Severity 18/34 · Moderate

Exploitability 3/34 · Minimal

Exposure 5/34 · Minimal