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CVE-2017-18207
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-03-01T05:29:00.227 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:12:23.757

Summary

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.

Affected products

python — python

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References

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