CVE-2018-17233
MEDIUMHDF5 < 1.10.3 - Denial of Service via Division by Zero in H5D__create_chunk_file_map_hyper
Title source: llmDescription
A SIGFPE signal is raised in the function H5D__create_chunk_file_map_hyper() of H5Dchunk.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library during an attempted parse of a crafted HDF file, because of incorrect protection against division by zero. It could allow a remote denial of service attack.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/tree/master/HDF5/vuln2#divided-by-zero---h5d__create_chunk_file_map_hyper_div_zero
Mailing List mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00009.html
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0197
EPSS Percentile
77.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-369
Status
published
Products (1)
hdfgroup/hdf5
< 1.10.3
Published
Sep 20, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026