Audacity 1.3.2 creates a temporary directory with a predictable name without checking for…
Priority LOW 29CWE-59Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-59 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Audacity 1.3.2 creates a temporary directory with a predictable name without checking for previous existence of that directory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (recording deadlock) by creating the directory before Audacity is run. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged to delete arbitrary files or directories via a symlink attack.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.03413 88th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:audacityteam:audacity:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.3.2 | Vulnerable | Audacityteam |
- cpe:2.3:a:audacityteam:audacity:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.3.2 Vulnerable ·Audacityteam
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-6061
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3pxp-pwrp-2w6f
References
More Audacityteam Audacity vulnerabilities
- TI-2009-00470 Stack-based buffer overflow in the String_parse::get_nonspace_quoted function in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2017-14357 Audacity 2.1.2 through 2.3.2 is vulnerable to Dll HIjacking in the avformat-55.dll resulting arbitrary code execution. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2016-02288 Audacity before 2.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2016-02289 Audacity before 2.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2020-09537 Audacity through 2.3.3 saves temporary files to /var/tmp/audacity-$USER by default. CVSS 3.1LOW 3.3
Sources
- CVE-2007-6061 · CVE Program
- CVE-2007-6061 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3pxp-pwrp-2w6f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2007-6061 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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