CVE-2017-18207

Aliases:UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18207
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 13
Modified
Published: 01 Mar 2018, 05:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 21:13

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
26/100
CVSS Score
6.5 MEDIUM
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
1.32% LOW
1% probability +0.54%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

01 Mar 2018, 05:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 21:13
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 1.32%• Percentile: 70%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-369•Divide By Zero

    The product divides a value by zero.

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•python2.7

    all | all

  • ubuntu•python3.4

    all

  • ubuntu•python3.5

    all

  • ubuntu•python3.6

    all

  • ubuntu•python3.7

    all

  • python•python

    ≤ 3.6.4

References (4)