CVE-2017-16942

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    CVE-2017-16942

    Published: 25 Nov 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

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

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 2c4d2bdce6271fb1dc7df67363cf33cc04c67917
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.0.25

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Integrity
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