CVE-2018-17437

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Fuga de memoria en la función H5O_dtype_decode_helper() en H5Odtype.c en la biblioteca HDF HDF5 hasta la versión 1.10.3 permite a los atacantes causar una denegación de servicio (consumo de recursos) utilizando un archivo .HDF5 manipulado.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2018-09-24 CVE Reserved
2018-09-24 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-08-05 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-772: Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00009.html	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/tree/master/HDF5/vuln5#memory-leak-in-h5o_dtype_decode_helper	2024-08-05

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Hdfgroup Search vendor "Hdfgroup"		Hdf5 Search vendor "Hdfgroup" for product "Hdf5"				<= 1.10.3 Search vendor "Hdfgroup" for product "Hdf5" and version " <= 1.10.3"		-		Affected