CVE-2017-16942

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-16942
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-11-25T17:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-06-10T17:29:00
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-369 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/369.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:libsndfile_project:libsndfile:1.0.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/341 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4013-1/
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16942
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16942
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:50:44 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 23:27:11 2017-11-25T17:29Z 2017-11-25T17:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 23:27:11 2019-06-10T17:29:00 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 23:27:11 Modified Vulnerability Status updated