{"id":"AZL-6824","summary":"CVE-2017-18207 affecting package python2 for versions less than 2.7.18-8","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":"2026-04-01T05:21:23.053099Z","published":"2018-03-01T05:29:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-18207"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18207"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"python2","ecosystem":"Azure Linux:2","purl":"pkg:rpm/azure-linux/python2"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.7.18-8"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-6824.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"}]}