CVE-2017-16942

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Published 2017-11-25 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

6.5

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.5

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1.0.27-1`
sid	Fixed	`1.0.27-1`
forky	Fixed	`1.0.27-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`1.0.27-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`1.0.27-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
libsndfile_project	libsndfile	`1.0.25`

References

CWEs

CWE-369

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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