CVE-2018-17437

MEDIUM

HDF5 < 1.10.3 - Denial of Service via Memory Leak in H5O_dtype_decode_helper

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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)

Core 2

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0149
EPSS Percentile 70.7%
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-772
Status published
Products (1)
hdfgroup/hdf5 < 1.10.3
Published Sep 24, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026