VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-17433

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.36%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-09-24
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow in ReadGifImageDesc() in gifread.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HDF5 file. This issue was triggered while converting a GIF file to an HDF file.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Primary references