CVE-2018-17233 — Divide By Zero in Hdf5

CWE-369 — Divide By ZeroCWE-20 — Improper Input Validation9 documents7 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 49.22%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Hdfgroup Hdf5Debian Hdf5
Timeline
PublishedSep 20
Latest updateJul 20

Description

A SIGFPE signal is raised in the function H5D__create_chunk_file_map_hyper() of H5Dchunk.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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/hdf5< hdf5 1.10.6+repack-2 (bookworm)
▶Debianhdfgroup/hdf5< 1.10.6+repack-2+3
▶NVDhdfgroup/hdf51.10.3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-q4rw-j2j6-j8c5: A SIGFPE signal is raised in the function H5D__create_chunk_file_map_hyper() of H5Dchunk↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2018-17233: A SIGFPE signal is raised in the function H5D__create_chunk_file_map_hyper() of H5Dchunk↗2018-09-20
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
HDF5 vulnerabilities↗2022-07-20
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Red Hat
hdf5: SIGFPE signal in H5D__create_chunk_file_map_hyper() of H5Dchunk.c↗2018-09-15
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Debian
CVE-2018-17233: hdf5 - A SIGFPE signal is raised in the function H5D__create_chunk_file_map_hyper() of ...↗2018
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17233 hdf5: SIGFPE signal in H5D__create_chunk_file_map_hyper() of H5Dchunk.c [fedora-all]↗2018-09-27
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17233 hdf5: SIGFPE signal in H5D__create_chunk_file_map_hyper() of H5Dchunk.c [epel-all]↗2018-09-27
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17233 hdf5: SIGFPE signal in H5D__create_chunk_file_map_hyper() of H5Dchunk.c↗2018-09-27
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