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CVE-2016-2541

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% 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 MP2 file.

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-15-118
• http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Release_Notes_2.1.2
• https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-15-118

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