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CVE-2017-16942

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-11-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-369

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.

Affected products

• Flexera Software LLC libsndfile: 1.0.25

References

• https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/341
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4013-1/
• https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/341
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4013-1/

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