CVE-2018-17438 — Divide By Zero in Hdf5

CWE-369 — Divide By ZeroCWE-20 — Improper Input Validation8 documents6 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 41.92%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Hdfgroup Hdf5Debian Hdf5
Timeline
PublishedSep 24
Latest updateMay 14

Description

A SIGFPE signal is raised in the function H5D__select_io() of H5Dselect.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-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianhdfgroup/hdf5< 1.10.6+repack-1+3
▶NVDhdfgroup/hdf51.10.3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-h8pr-cfpq-c3rc: A SIGFPE signal is raised in the function H5D__select_io() of H5Dselect↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2018-17438: A SIGFPE signal is raised in the function H5D__select_io() of H5Dselect↗2018-09-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
hdf5: SIGFPE signal in function H5D__select_io() of H5Dselect.c↗2018-09-24
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Debian
CVE-2018-17438: hdf5 - A SIGFPE signal is raised in the function H5D__select_io() of H5Dselect.c in the...↗2018
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17438 hdf5: SIGFPE signal in function H5D__select_io() of H5Dselect.c [epel-all]↗2018-09-28
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17438 hdf5: SIGFPE signal in function H5D__select_io() of H5Dselect.c↗2018-09-28
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17438 hdf5: SIGFPE signal in function H5D__select_io() of H5Dselect.c [fedora-all]↗2018-09-28
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