CVE-2012-2106

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-02-04 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Integer overflow in the pv_import function in util/pv_import.c in Csound 5.16.6, when converting a file, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected products

Csounds Csound: 5.16.6

References

http://csound.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=csound/csound5.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=61d1df45ca9a52bab62892a3c3a13c41e6384505#patch3
http://csound.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=csound/csound5.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=7d617a9551fb6c552ba16874b71266fcd90f3a6f
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00057.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/48148
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2012-7/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/16/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/16/9
http://www.osvdb.org/81016
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52875
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=810802
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74647
http://csound.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=csound/csound5.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=61d1df45ca9a52bab62892a3c3a13c41e6384505#patch3

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