CVE-2016-2540

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-02-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

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

Affected products

Audacityteam Audacity: before 2.1.2 — fixed in 2.1.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Audacityteam Audacity 2.1.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Release_Notes_2.1.2
https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-15-116
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00012.html
http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Release_Notes_2.1.2
https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-15-116
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00012.html

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