{"id":"CVE-2017-18207","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-18207","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:57:05.214Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2018-03-01T05:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:12:24.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-369"],"affected":["python/python"],"epss":{"score":0.01323,"percentile":0.70742,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.python.org/issue32056","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.python.org/issue32056","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18207","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}