CVE-2018-17436 — Out-of-bounds Write in Hdf5

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write8 documents6 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 48.13%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Hdfgroup Hdf5Debian Hdf5
Timeline
PublishedSep 24
Latest updateMay 14

Description

ReadCode() in decompress.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write access) via a crafted HDF5 file. This issue was triggered while converting a GIF file to an HDF 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 Packages2 packages

▶NVDhdfgroup/hdf51.10.3
▶debiandebian/hdf5

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-43xh-q266-jr4x: ReadCode() in decompress↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2018-17436: ReadCode() in decompress↗2018-09-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
hdf5: invalid write access in ReadCode() in decompress.c↗2018-09-24
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Debian
CVE-2018-17436: hdf5 - ReadCode() in decompress.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library allows attacke...↗2018
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17436 hdf5: invalid write access in ReadCode() in decompress.c↗2018-09-28
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17436 hdf5: invalid write access in ReadCode() in decompress.c [fedora-all]↗2018-09-28
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17436 hdf5: invalid write access in ReadCode() in decompress.c [epel-all]↗2018-09-28
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