audacity: stack-based buffer overflow
Published Feb 10, 2009
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 16.63%
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the String_parse::get_nonspace_quoted function in lib-src/allegro/strparse.cpp in Audacity 1.2.6 and other versions before 1.3.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a .gro file containing a long string.
Affected products
No data.
- < 1.3.6
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:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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 2, 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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 16.63% (0.16625) | 96.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 16.63% (0.16625) | 96.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 2, 2025 | 58.06% (0.58060) | 98.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 56.68% (0.56679) | 97.93th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 52.67% (0.52671) | 97.01th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 56.68% (0.56679) | 97.90th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 19.94% (0.19937) | 96.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 7.14% (0.07139) | 94.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 15, 2023 | 6.86% (0.06855) | 92.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 8.07% (0.08066) | 93.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 10.60% (0.10599) | 94.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 10.60% (0.10599) | 94.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 10.60% (0.10599) | 87.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=253493 x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://n2.nabble.com/Audacity-%22String_parse::get_nonspace_quoted%28%29%22-Buffer-Overflow-td2139537.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://osvdb.org/51070 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33356 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33090 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0008 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENBroken Link
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0490 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=484951 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0490
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0490
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7634 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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