What is CVE-2018-11204?

CVE-2018-11204 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hdfgroup Hdf5, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-05-16.

How severe is CVE-2018-11204?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-11204 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

NULL pointer dereference in Hdfgroup Hdf5

CVE-2018-11204

A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in H5O__chunk_deserialize in H5Ocache.c in the HDF HDF5 1.10.2 library. It could allow a remote denial of service attack.

EPSS: 0.017 (75.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Hdfgroup Hdf5 — versions 1.10.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

Public proof-of-concept exploits

andir/nixos-issue-db-example

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-11204?: CVE-2018-11204 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hdfgroup Hdf5, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-05-16.
How severe is CVE-2018-11204?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-11204 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.