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CVSSv2

CVE-2017-16942

Published: 25/11/2017 Updated: 10/06/2019
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
CVSS v3 Base Score: 6.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 2.8
VMScore: 383
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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Vulnerability Summary

It exists that libsndfile incorrectly handled certain malformed files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause libsndfile to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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libsndfile project libsndfile 1.0.25

Vendor Advisories

Ubuntu Security Notice: libsndfile vulnerabilities
Several security issues were fixed in libsndfile ...
Red Hat: CVE-2017-16942
In libsndfile 1025 (fixed in 1026), a divide-by-zero error exists in the function wav_w64_read_fmt_chunk() in wav_w64c, which may lead to DoS when playing a crafted audio file ...

References

CWE-369https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/341https://usn.ubuntu.com/4013-1/https://usn.ubuntu.com/4013-1/https://nvd.nist.gov
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