CVE-2009-0490

EPSS 58.1%

audacity - arbitrary code execution

Published: 2/10/2009Modified: 4/28/2026

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 packages (2)

Debian/audacityfrom 0, < 1.3.6-1
Debian/audacityfrom 0, < 1.3.5-2+lenny1

References (1)

ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0490