Divide By Zero Affecting libsndfile package, versions <1.0.27-1
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EPSS
0.12% (46th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-LIBSNDFILE-316464
- published 25 Nov 2017
- disclosed 25 Nov 2017
Introduced: 25 Nov 2017
CVE-2017-16942 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10 libsndfile to version 1.0.27-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libsndfile package and not the libsndfile package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
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