Home > Vulnerability Database > CVE-2017-16942

Mend.io Vulnerability Database

New vulnerability? Tell us about it!

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

6.5

Related Resources (6)

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/4013-1/

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16942

Url: https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/341

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16942

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16942

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-16942

Severity Score

6.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Divide By Zero

CWE-369

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	6.5
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:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
Additional information:

Do you need more information?

Contact Us