CVE-2009-0490

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.

• CWE-787

• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=253493Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://n2.nabble.com/Audacity-%22String_parse::get_nonspace_quoted%28%29%22-Buffer-Overflow-td2139537.html
• http://osvdb.org/51070Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33356Broken Link
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33090Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0008Broken Link
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7634Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=253493Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://n2.nabble.com/Audacity-%22String_parse::get_nonspace_quoted%28%29%22-Buffer-Overflow-td2139537.html
• http://osvdb.org/51070Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33356Broken Link
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33090Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0008Broken Link
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7634Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Published

Feb 10, 2009

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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