CVE-2007-6061
Audacity 1.3.2 creates a temporary directory with a predictable name without checking for...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
5.0
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.
- Record
CVE-2007-6061- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-59
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2007-6061- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2007-6031 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2007-6031- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3pxp-pwrp-2w6f No score
Audacity 1.3.2 creates a temporary directory with a predictable name without checking for...
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.
- Record
GHSA-3pxp-pwrp-2w6f- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2007-6061- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2007-6061 No score
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.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2007-6061- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10639-1 No score
audacity-3.0.4-1.2 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the audacity-3.0.4-1.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10639-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| affected, aliases, facts, references, title | GitHub Advisories, OSV | |
| first indexed | CVE List, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2007-6061 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Audacityteam Audacity, published November 20, 2007. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.41%, the 88th percentile. Fixed in audacity 1.3.4-1.1.
References
secunia.com/advisories/29206
securityfocus.com/bid/26608
vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4025
bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199751
redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00087.html
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-03.xml
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secunia.com/advisories/27841
redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00075.html
mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:074
secunia.com/advisories/30191
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6061
github.com/advisories/GHSA-3pxp-pwrp-2w6f
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-6061
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-6061