THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2009-0490
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2009-0490

Audacity vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
16.6%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Audacityteam
Affected product
Audacity
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2009-02-10

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 16.6% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2009-0490

  • Confirm whether Audacityteam Audacity is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2009-0490.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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