PT-2018-3949 · Hdf+2 · Hdf5+2

Published 2018-09-24 · Updated 2023-08-09 · CVE-2018-17437

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions HDF5 versions 1.10.3 and earlier

Description The issue is related to a memory leak in the H5O dtype decode helper() function in the H5Odtype.c component of the HDF5 library. This allows attackers to cause a denial of service due to memory consumption via a crafted HDF5 file. The vulnerability can be exploited by a remote attacker.

Recommendations For versions 1.10.3 and earlier, consider updating to a version that fixes the memory leak issue in the H5O dtype decode helper() function. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of crafted HDF5 files to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-772

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-07613

CVE-2018-17437

DLA-3522-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2022_1912-1

SUSE-SU-2022:1903-1

SUSE-SU-2022:1910-1

SUSE-SU-2022:1911-1

SUSE-SU-2022:1912-1

SUSE-SU-2022:1933-1

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Hdf5

Suse

References · 151

• 🔥 https://github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/tree/master/HDF5/vuln4#divided-by-zero---poc_h5d__select_io_h5dselect · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/tree/master/HDF5/vuln4#divided-by-zero---poc_apply_filters_h5repack_filters · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/tree/master/HDF5/vuln5#memory-leak-in-h5o_dtype_decode_helper · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/Twi1ight/fuzzing-pocs/tree/master/hdf5 · Exploit
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17437 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-07648 · Security Note
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=283904092 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-07611 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-17233 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17437 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2022:1910-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2022:1903-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-07614 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17437 · Security Note
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se16-bulletin-20241017SE16 · Vendor Advisory