CVE-2018-17433

MEDIUM

HDF5 < 1.10.3 - Denial of Service via ReadGifImageDesc Heap Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow in ReadGifImageDesc() in gifread.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HDF5 file. This issue was triggered while converting a GIF file to an HDF file.

References (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0127
EPSS Percentile 66.5%
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-787
Status published
Products (1)
hdfgroup/hdf5 < 1.10.3
Published Sep 24, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026