CVE-2017-18207
The Wave_read._read_fmt_chunk function in Lib/wave.py in Python through 3.6.4 does not ensure a nonzero channel value, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero and exception) via a crafted wav format audio file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue because Python applications "need to be prepared to handle a wide variety of exceptions.
- Score
- CVSS 3.0 6.5 Medium
- Status
- Modified - cve@mitre.org
- Published
- 2018-03-01
- Last modified
- 2024-08-05
- Weaknesses
- CWE-369
Affected products
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html
- https://bugs.python.org/issue32056
