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CVE-2007-6061

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2007-11-20 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Audacity 1.3.2 creates a temporary directory with a predictable name without checking for previous existence of that directory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (recording deadlock) by creating the directory before Audacity is run. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged to delete arbitrary files or directories via a symlink attack.

Affected Platforms

Audacityteam Audacity

Weakness Type

CWE-59

References