What is CVE-2018-17438?

CVE-2018-17438 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hdfgroup Hdf5, classified under Divide By Zero. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-09-24.

How severe is CVE-2018-17438?

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

Vulnerability in Hdfgroup Hdf5

CVE-2018-17438

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.

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
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-369 — Divide By Zero

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17438?: CVE-2018-17438 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hdfgroup Hdf5, classified under Divide By Zero. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-09-24.
How severe is CVE-2018-17438?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.