{"id":"CVE-2017-18207","details":"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.","modified":"2026-03-14T09:22:44.939193Z","published":"2018-03-01T05:29:00.227Z","related":["MGASA-2018-0270","MGASA-2018-0495","SUSE-SU-2018:0934-1","SUSE-SU-2018:1786-1","SUSE-SU-2018:2040-1","SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1","SUSE-SU-2020:0114-1","SUSE-SU-2020:0234-1","SUSE-SU-2020:0302-1","openSUSE-SU-2020:0086-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:11202-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:11284-1"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.python.org/issue32056"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/python/cpython","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"d48ecebad5ac78a1783e09b0d32c211d9754edf4"}],"database_specific":{"versions":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"3.6.4"}]}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-18207.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}