Audacity insecure temporary file handling
Published Nov 20, 2007
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.41%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 1.3.2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.41% (0.03413) | 88.49th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.41% (0.03413) | 87.30th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.80% (0.00801) | 72.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.32% (0.00322) | 71.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 9, 2024 | 0.27% (0.00273) | 68.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 19, 2023 | 0.20% (0.00201) | 56.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.18% (0.00185) | 54.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199751 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27841 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29206 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30191 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-03.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:074 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVABroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26608 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4025 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENBroken Link
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-6061 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=393251 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6061
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6061
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00075.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00087.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
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