6.5
CVSSv3

CVE-2017-18207

Published: 01/03/2018 Updated: 11/04/2024
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

Vulnerability Summary

The Wave_read._read_fmt_chunk function in Lib/wave.py in Python up to and including 3.6.4 does not ensure a nonzero channel value, which allows malicious users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero and exception) via a crafted wav format audio file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue because Python applications "need to be prepared to handle a wide variety of exceptions.

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