| Name | CVE-2016-2541 |
| Description | Audacity before 2.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted MP2 file. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| audacity (PTS) | bullseye | 2.4.2~dfsg0-5 | fixed |
| bookworm | 3.2.4+dfsg-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 3.7.0+dfsg-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| audacity | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| audacity | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| audacity | source | (unstable) | 2.1.2-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
[jessie] - audacity <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[wheezy] - audacity <not-affected> (vulnerable code not present)
http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Release_Notes_2.1.2
https://github.com/audacity/audacity/commit/85026f98958a8dcc09188be24a8db0385988e23f
Crash in desktop application, no security impact