CVE-2018-17234 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Hdf5

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective LifetimeCWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption9 documents7 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 67.23%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Hdfgroup Hdf5Debian Hdf5
Timeline
PublishedSep 20
Latest updateJul 20

Description

Memory leak in the H5O__chunk_deserialize() function in H5Ocache.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.

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-cj9r-8xf4-8975: Memory leak in the H5O__chunk_deserialize() function in H5Ocache↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2018-17234: Memory leak in the H5O__chunk_deserialize() function in H5Ocache↗2018-09-20
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
HDF5 vulnerabilities↗2022-07-20
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Red Hat
hdf5: Memory leak in the H5O__chunk_deserialize() function in H5Ocache.c↗2018-09-20
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Debian
CVE-2018-17234: hdf5 - Memory leak in the H5O__chunk_deserialize() function in H5Ocache.c in the HDF HD...↗2018
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17234 hdf5: Memory leak in the H5O__chunk_deserialize() function in H5Ocache.c [epel-all]↗2018-09-27
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17234 hdf5: Memory leak in the H5O__chunk_deserialize() function in H5Ocache.c↗2018-09-27
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17234 hdf5: Memory leak in the H5O__chunk_deserialize() function in H5Ocache.c [fedora-all]↗2018-09-27
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