What is CVE-2018-17436?

CVE-2018-17436 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hdfgroup Hdf5, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-09-24.

How severe is CVE-2018-17436?

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

Buffer overflow in Hdfgroup Hdf5

CVE-2018-17436

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.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.013 (67.7th 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-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17436?: CVE-2018-17436 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hdfgroup Hdf5, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-09-24.
How severe is CVE-2018-17436?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.