DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16942

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16942
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16942.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16942
Upstream
Published
2017-11-25T17:29:00.197Z
Modified
2025-11-14T04:01:24.257662Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

In libsndfile 1.0.25 (fixed in 1.0.26), a divide-by-zero error exists in the function wavw64readfmtchunk() in wav_w64.c, which may lead to DoS when playing a crafted audio file.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / libsndfile

Package

Name
libsndfile
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libsndfile?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.27-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16942.json"

Debian:12 / libsndfile

Package

Name
libsndfile
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libsndfile?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.27-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16942.json"

Debian:13 / libsndfile

Package

Name
libsndfile
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libsndfile?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.27-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16942.json"

Debian:14 / libsndfile

Package

Name
libsndfile
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libsndfile?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.27-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16942.json"