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audacity — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11867

Audacity through 2.3.3 saves temporary files to /var/tmp/audacity-$USER by default. After Audacity creates the temporary directory, it sets its permissions to 755. Any user on the system can read and play the temporary audio .au files located there.

Products
audacity
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
2.4.2~dfsg0-4
CVEs
CVE-2020-11867
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 12:29 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11867

core-osv · Original source

Published 30 Nov 2020, 22:15 UTC

Audacity through 2.3.3 saves temporary files to /var/tmp/audacity-$USER by default. After Audacity creates the temporary directory, it sets its permissions to 755. Any user on the system can read and play the temporary audio .au files located there.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11867

audacity

Fixed versions: 2.4.2~dfsg0-4

audacity

Fixed versions: 2.4.2~dfsg0-4

audacity

Fixed versions: 2.4.2~dfsg0-4

Complete source record
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