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…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 16.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 3 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits4
Exploit-DB3 entries
- Audacity 1.2.6 - '.gro' Local Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 10322local, windowspublished 5 Dec 2009Verified
- Audacity 1.2 - '.gro' Universal Buffer Overflow (Egghunter) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 9501local, windowspublished 24 Aug 2009Verified
- Audacity 1.2.6 - '.gro' Local Buffer Overflow (PoC) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 7634dos, windowspublished 1 Jan 2009Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 7634 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 16.6% · top 3.0% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- 7634 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 51070 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 33090 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2009:004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=253493 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0008 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 33356 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [audacity-devel] 20090110 Audacity "String_parse::get_nonspace_quoted()" Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-0494 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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