VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-17435

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.31%
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 over-read in H5O_attr_decode() in H5Oattr.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 an HDF file to GIF file.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

Primary references