CVE-2017-16942

6.5 mediumEPSS 1.2%

Medium (6.5) in libsndfile project libsndfile. EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

CVSS 3.0

6.5 medium

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

EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 68% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-369
Published: 2017-11-25
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

libsndfile_project:libsndfile

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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