CVE-2018-17437
HDF HDF5 Denial of Service (DoS)
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 24, 2018, 2:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Aug. 9, 2023, 9:15 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
2.8
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 09, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00009.html [No Types Assigned] -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 03, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-399 CWE-399 CWE-772 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 09, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type https://github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/tree/master/HDF5/vuln5#memory-leak-in-h5o_dtype_decode_helper No Types Assigned https://github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/tree/master/HDF5/vuln5#memory-leak-in-h5o_dtype_decode_helper Exploit, Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-399 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:hdfgroup:hdf5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.10.3
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0.12 }} 0.01%
score
0.45598
percentile