CVE-2016-2540 in Audacity

Summary

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

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

• Reservation: 02/23/2016
• Disclosure: 02/07/2018
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-112924 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-119 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 6.4
• EPSS: 0.00908
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2540
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2540
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-2540/