CVE-2017-16942

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-369

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/341Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4013-1/
https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/341Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4013-1/

Timeline

Published: Nov 25, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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