PT-2018-14027 · Hdf+2 · Hdf5+2
Published
2018-09-24
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Updated
2023-12-29
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CVE-2018-17436
CVSS v3.1
6.5
Medium
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
HDF5 library versions prior to 1.10.4
Description
The issue allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HDF5 file, specifically through the ReadCode() function in decompress.c. This was discovered when converting a GIF file to an HDF file, resulting in invalid write access.
Recommendations
For versions prior to 1.10.4, update to version 1.10.4 or later to resolve the issue.
Exploit
Fix
DoS
Memory Corruption
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Debian
Hdf5
Suse