What is CVE-2017-16890?

CVE-2017-16890 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Swftools, classified under Divide By Zero. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-07-09.

How severe is CVE-2017-16890?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Swftools

CVE-2017-16890

SWFTools 0.9.2 has a divide-by-zero error in the wav_convert2mono function in lib/wav.c because the align value may be zero.

Published 2018-07-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (57.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 57.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Swftools — versions 0.9.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-369 — Divide By Zero

References

github.com/matthiaskramm/swftools/issues/57 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16890?: CVE-2017-16890 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Swftools, classified under Divide By Zero. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-07-09.
How severe is CVE-2017-16890?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.