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CVE-2009-0490
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
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..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- High
- Base Score
- 9.3/10
- Exploit Score
- 8.6/10
- Access Vector
- Network
- Access Complexity
- Medium
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 10/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Complete
- Availability Impact
- Complete
- Integrity Impact
- Complete
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:audacityteam:audacity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | 1.3.6 |
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=253493
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33090
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33356
- http://osvdb.org/51070
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0008
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7634
- http://n2.nabble.com/Audacity-%22String_parse::get_nonspace_quoted()%22-Buffer-Overflow-