CVE-2009-0490 (GCVE-0-2009-0490)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-02-10 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 04:40
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7634 | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB |
| http://osvdb.org/51070 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33090 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
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| http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=253493 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0008 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/33356 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://n2.nabble.com/Audacity-%22String_parse::ge… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
Date Public
2009-01-01 00:00
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They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
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