CVE-2016-2540 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Audacity versions prior to 2.1.2. An attacker could exploit this by providing a specially crafted FORMATCHUNK structure, leading to memory corruption and an application crash. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and resulting in high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:audacityteam:audacity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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