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CVE-2017-16942

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 1.23% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-11-25 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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Public Exploit Signal

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CVE
CVE-2017-16942
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
1.23%

Original NVD Description

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.