Division by zero in aubio - CVE-2017-17054
Published: November 29, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37871
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17054
CWE-ID: CWE-369
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: aubio
Affected software:
aubio
aubio
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a divide by zero error in the new_aubio_source_wavread() function in source_wavread.c file while playing a crafted audio file. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted file to the affected application, trigger division by zero error and crash the affected application.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-17054
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.