Vulnerability CVE-2016-2540

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2016-2540 (CCN-138934)

Assigned:

2016-02-23

Published:

2016-02-23

Updated:

2018-02-26

Summary:

Audacity before 2.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted FORMATCHUNK structure.

CVSS v3 Severity:

5.5 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
4.8 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): High

4.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
3.8 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Low

CVSS v2 Severity:

4.3 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Partial

4.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Partial

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-119

Vulnerability Consequences:

Denial of Service

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2016-2540

Source: CCN
Type: Audacity Web site
Release Notes 2.1.2

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Release_Notes_2.1.2

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
audacity-cve20162540-dos(138934)

Source: MISC
Type: Third Party Advisory
https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-15-116

Source: MLIST
Type: Third Party Advisory
[debian-lts-announce] 20180212 [SECURITY] [DLA 1277-1] audacity security update

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:audacityteam:audacity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 2.1.2)

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201625400000000	V	CVE-2016-2540 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.	2018-02-07
oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20162540000	V	CVE-2016-2540 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - untriaged.	2018-02-07
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20162540000	V	CVE-2016-2540 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.	2018-02-07
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20162540000	V	CVE-2016-2540 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.	2018-02-07
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201625400000000	V	CVE-2016-2540 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - low.	2018-02-07
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:20162540000	V	CVE-2016-2540 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - low.	2018-02-07
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201625400000000	V	CVE-2016-2540 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.	2018-02-07
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20162540000	V	CVE-2016-2540 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - low.	2018-02-07

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