CVE-2017-16942

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-16942
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-11-25 17:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-06-10 17:29:00 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-369

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libsndfile Project Libsndfile 1.0.25 All All All
Application Libsndfile Project Libsndfile 1.0.25 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-4013-1: libsndfile vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
a div zero vul in function wav_w64_read_fmt_chunk() in libsndfile 1.0.25-4ubuntu0.1 source package in Ubuntu · Issue #341 · erikd/libsndfile · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 671077 EulerOS Security Update for libsndfile (EulerOS-SA-2019-2513)
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