CVE-2018-17435 — Out-of-bounds Read in Hdf5

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read8 documents6 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.8%
top 26.69%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Hdfgroup Hdf5Debian Hdf5
Timeline
PublishedSep 24
Latest updateMay 13

Description

A heap-based buffer over-read in H5O_attr_decode() in H5Oattr.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 an HDF file to GIF 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 1.10.7+repack-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianhdfgroup/hdf5< 1.10.7+repack-1+2
▶NVDhdfgroup/hdf51.10.3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-9fm6-2823-q5f3: A heap-based buffer over-read in H5O_attr_decode() in H5Oattr↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2018-17435: A heap-based buffer over-read in H5O_attr_decode() in H5Oattr↗2018-09-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
hdf5: buffer over-read in H5O_attr_decode() in H5Oattr.c↗2018-09-24
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Debian
CVE-2018-17435: hdf5 - A heap-based buffer over-read in H5O_attr_decode() in H5Oattr.c in the HDF HDF5 ...↗2018
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17435 hdf5: buffer over-read in H5O_attr_decode() in H5Oattr.c↗2018-09-28
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17435 hdf5: buffer over-read in H5O_attr_decode() in H5Oattr.c [fedora-all]↗2018-09-28
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17435 hdf5: buffer over-read in H5O_attr_decode() in H5Oattr.c [epel-all]↗2018-09-28
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