Audacity before 2.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory…
Priority LOW 27CWE-119Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Audacity before 2.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted MP2 file.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01136 66th percentileScored 2026-11-07
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 2.1.2 | Vulnerable | Audacityteam |
- cpe:2.3:a:audacityteam:audacity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.1.2 Vulnerable ·Audacityteam
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-2541
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-whhg-wh62-8mjc
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-2007-05795 Audacity 1.3.2 creates a temporary directory with a predictable name without checking for… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
- 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-2016-2541 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-2541 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-whhg-wh62-8mjc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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