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CVE-2017-16942

Date: November 25, 2017

In libsndfile 1.0.25 (fixed in 1.0.26), a divide-by-zero error exists in the function wav_w64_read_fmt_chunk() in wav_w64.c, which may lead to DoS when playing a crafted audio file.

Severity Score

Related Resources (5)

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4013-1/
https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/341
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16942
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16942
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-16942

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Divide By Zero

CWE-369

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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