CVE-2018-17433
published 2018-09-24CVE-2018-17433: A heap-based buffer overflow in ReadGifImageDesc() in gifread.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a…
PriorityP425medium6.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EPSS
1.27%
66.4th percentile
A heap-based buffer overflow in ReadGifImageDesc() in gifread.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HDF5 file. This issue was triggered while converting a GIF file to an HDF file.
Affected
2 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | hdf5 | — | — |
| hdfgroup | hdf5 | <= 1.10.3 | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.06.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv6.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian6.5LOW
vendor_redhat6.5MEDIUM
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GHSA
GHSA-r3rr-5c2j-vf99: A heap-based buffer overflow in ReadGifImageDesc() in gifread
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2018-17433 [MEDIUM] CWE-787 GHSA-r3rr-5c2j-vf99: A heap-based buffer overflow in ReadGifImageDesc() in gifread
A heap-based buffer overflow in ReadGifImageDesc() in gifread.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HDF5 file. This issue was triggered while converting a GIF file to an HDF file.
OSV
CVE-2018-17433: A heap-based buffer overflow in ReadGifImageDesc() in gifread
osv·2018-09-24·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-17433 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-17433: A heap-based buffer overflow in ReadGifImageDesc() in gifread
A heap-based buffer overflow in ReadGifImageDesc() in gifread.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HDF5 file. This issue was triggered while converting a GIF file to an HDF file.
Red Hat
hdf5: heap-based buffer overflow in ReadGifImageDesc() in gifread.c
vendor_redhat·2018-09-24·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-17433 [MEDIUM] CWE-122 hdf5: heap-based buffer overflow in ReadGifImageDesc() in gifread.c
hdf5: heap-based buffer overflow in ReadGifImageDesc() in gifread.c
A heap-based buffer overflow in ReadGifImageDesc() in gifread.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HDF5 file. This issue was triggered while converting a GIF file to an HDF file.
Package: hdf5 (Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)) - Fix deferred
Package: hdf5 (Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 (Pike)) - Affected
Package: hdf5 (Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)) - Fix deferred
Package: hdf5 (Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14 (Rocky)) - Fix deferred
Package: hdf5 (Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty)) - Fix deferred
Package: hdf5 (Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka)) - Fix deferred
Debian
CVE-2018-17433: hdf5 - A heap-based buffer overflow in ReadGifImageDesc() in gifread.c in the HDF HDF5 ...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-17433 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-17433: hdf5 - A heap-based buffer overflow in ReadGifImageDesc() in gifread.c in the HDF HDF5 ...
A heap-based buffer overflow in ReadGifImageDesc() in gifread.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HDF5 file. This issue was triggered while converting a GIF file to an HDF file.
Scope: local
bookworm: open
bullseye: open
forky: open
sid: open
trixie: open
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17433 hdf5: heap-based buffer overflow in ReadGifImageDesc() in gifread.c [epel-all]
bugzilla·2018-09-28·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-17433 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-17433 hdf5: heap-based buffer overflow in ReadGifImageDesc() in gifread.c [epel-all]
CVE-2018-17433 hdf5: heap-based buffer overflow in ReadGifImageDesc() in gifread.c [epel-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of epel-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple supp
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17433 hdf5: heap-based buffer overflow in ReadGifImageDesc() in gifread.c
bugzilla·2018-09-28·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-17433 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-17433 hdf5: heap-based buffer overflow in ReadGifImageDesc() in gifread.c
CVE-2018-17433 hdf5: heap-based buffer overflow in ReadGifImageDesc() in gifread.c
A flaw was found in HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library. A heap-based buffer overflow in ReadGifImageDesc() in gifread.c allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HDF5 file. This issue was triggered while converting a GIF file to an HDF file.
References:
https://github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/tree/master/HDF5/vuln8#heap-overflow-in-readgifimagedesc
Discussion:
Created hdf5 tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: epel-all [bug 1634120]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1634119]
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17433 hdf5: heap-based buffer overflow in ReadGifImageDesc() in gifread.c [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2018-09-28·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-17433 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-17433 hdf5: heap-based buffer overflow in ReadGifImageDesc() in gifread.c [fedora-all]
CVE-2018-17433 hdf5: heap-based buffer overflow in ReadGifImageDesc() in gifread.c [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple
2018-09-24
Published