VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-17437

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.33%
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

Memory leak in the H5O_dtype_decode_helper() function in H5Odtype.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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-772: Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Primary references