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CVE-2016-2540

Published: 7 February 2018

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

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
audacity
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Not vulnerable
(2.1.2-2)
bionic Not vulnerable

cosmic Not vulnerable

disco Not vulnerable

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was needed)
upstream
Released (2.1.2-1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(2.1.2-1)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H