What is CVE-2018-17234?

CVE-2018-17234 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hdfgroup Hdf5, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-09-20.

How severe is CVE-2018-17234?

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

Vulnerability in Hdfgroup Hdf5

CVE-2018-17234

Memory leak in the H5O__chunk_deserialize() function in H5Ocache.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted HDF5 file.

EPSS: 0.015 (71.5th 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
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17234?: CVE-2018-17234 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hdfgroup Hdf5, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-09-20.
How severe is CVE-2018-17234?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.