CVE-2018-17438

MEDIUM

HDF5 < 1.10.3 - Denial of Service via Division by Zero in H5D__select_io

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A SIGFPE signal is raised in the function H5D__select_io() of H5Dselect.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 (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0174
EPSS Percentile 74.7%
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-369
Status published
Products (1)
hdfgroup/hdf5 < 1.10.3
Published Sep 24, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026