CVE-2018-17437

MEDIUM

HDF HDF5 <1.10.3 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

Memory leak in the H5O_dtype_decode_helper() function in H5Odtype.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted HDF5 file.

References (2)

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/tree/master/HDF5/vuln5#memory-leak-in-h5o_dtype_decode_helper

View Exploit ZIP pw:eip

[Mailing List] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00009.html

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0014

EPSS Percentile 33.7%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-772

Status published

Affected Products (1)

hdfgroup/hdf5 < 1.10.3

Timeline

Published Sep 24, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026