CVE-2018-17439
published 2018-09-24CVE-2018-17439: An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.10.3 library. There is a stack-based buffer overflow in the function H5S_extent_get_dims() in H5S.c. Specifically…
PriorityP426medium6.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EPSS
1.28%
66.8th percentile
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.10.3 library. There is a stack-based buffer overflow in the function H5S_extent_get_dims() in H5S.c. Specifically, this issue occurs while converting an HDF5 file to a GIF file.
Affected
4 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | hdf5 | < hdf5 1.14.5+repack-1 (forky) | hdf5 1.14.5+repack-1 (forky) |
| hdfgroup | hdf5 | — | — |
| hdfgroup | hdf5 | >= 0 < 1.14.5+repack-1 | 1.14.5+repack-1 |
| hdfgroup | hdf5 | >= 0 < 1.14.5+repack-1 | 1.14.5+repack-1 |
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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Red Hat
hdf5: stack-based buffer overflow in H5S_extent_get_dims() in H5S.c
vendor_redhat·2018-09-24·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-17439 [MEDIUM] CWE-121 hdf5: stack-based buffer overflow in H5S_extent_get_dims() in H5S.c
hdf5: stack-based buffer overflow in H5S_extent_get_dims() in H5S.c
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.10.3 library. There is a stack-based buffer overflow in the function H5S_extent_get_dims() in H5S.c. Specifically, this issue occurs while converting an HDF5 file to a GIF 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-2018-17439: hdf5 - An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.10.3 library. There is a stack-based b...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-17439 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-17439: hdf5 - An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.10.3 library. There is a stack-based b...
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.10.3 library. There is a stack-based buffer overflow in the function H5S_extent_get_dims() in H5S.c. Specifically, this issue occurs while converting an HDF5 file to a GIF file.
Scope: local
bookworm: open
bullseye: open
forky: resolved (fixed in 1.14.5+repack-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 1.14.5+repack-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 1.14.5+repack-1)
GHSA
GHSA-9xv2-rxpw-qh6j: An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2018-17439 [MEDIUM] CWE-787 GHSA-9xv2-rxpw-qh6j: An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.10.3 library. There is a stack-based buffer overflow in the function H5S_extent_get_dims() in H5S.c. Specifically, this issue occurs while converting an HDF5 file to a GIF file.
OSV
CVE-2018-17439: An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1
osv·2018-09-24·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-17439 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-17439: An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.10.3 library. There is a stack-based buffer overflow in the function H5S_extent_get_dims() in H5S.c. Specifically, this issue occurs while converting an HDF5 file to a GIF file.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17439 hdf5: stack-based buffer overflow in H5S_extent_get_dims() in H5S.c [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2018-09-28·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-17439 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-17439 hdf5: stack-based buffer overflow in H5S_extent_get_dims() in H5S.c [fedora-all]
CVE-2018-17439 hdf5: stack-based buffer overflow in H5S_extent_get_dims() in H5S.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
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the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
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NOTE: this issue affects multiple
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17439 hdf5: stack-based buffer overflow in H5S_extent_get_dims() in H5S.c [epel-all]
bugzilla·2018-09-28·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-17439 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-17439 hdf5: stack-based buffer overflow in H5S_extent_get_dims() in H5S.c [epel-all]
CVE-2018-17439 hdf5: stack-based buffer overflow in H5S_extent_get_dims() in H5S.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-2018-17439 hdf5: stack-based buffer overflow in H5S_extent_get_dims() in H5S.c
bugzilla·2018-09-28·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-17439 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-17439 hdf5: stack-based buffer overflow in H5S_extent_get_dims() in H5S.c
CVE-2018-17439 hdf5: stack-based buffer overflow in H5S_extent_get_dims() in H5S.c
A flaw was found in HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library. There is a stack-based buffer overflow in the function H5S_extent_get_dims() in H5S.c. Specifically, this issue occurs while converting an HDF5 file to a GIF file.
References:
https://github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/tree/master/HDF5/vuln5#stack-overflow-in-h5s_extent_get_dims
Discussion:
Created hdf5 tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: epel-all [bug 1634146]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1634145]
2018-09-24
Published