Bug 1517902 (CVE-2017-16942) - CVE-2017-16942 libsndfile: divide-by-zero error in wav_w64_read_fmt_chunk()
Summary: CVE-2017-16942 libsndfile: divide-by-zero error in wav_w64_read_fmt_chunk()
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2017-16942
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Reported: 2017-11-27 16:40 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:26 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: libsndfile 1.0.26
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Last Closed: 2017-11-27 16:41:13 UTC
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Description Adam Mariš 2017-11-27 16:40:46 UTC
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.

Upstream bug:

https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/341


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