CVE-2017-16942

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CVSS 3.0

6.5 medium

EPSS

1%p67

Published

Nov 25, 2017 (Nov 25, 2017)

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.

Vendors: libsndfile project
Products: libsndfile
Weakness: CWE-369
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.2%)

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