CVE-2017-16942

Name	CVE-2017-16942
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
NVD severity	medium

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
libsndfile (PTS)	stretch	1.0.27-3	fixed
	stretch (security)	1.0.27-3+deb9u1	fixed
	buster	1.0.28-6	fixed
	bullseye, sid	1.0.31-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
libsndfile	source	(unstable)	1.0.27-1

[jessie] - libsndfile <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - libsndfile <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/341