CVE-2018-17436

ReadCode() in decompress.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write access) via a crafted HDF5 file. This issue was triggered while converting a GIF file to an HDF file.

Score

CVSS 3.0 6.5 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2018-09-24

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-787

Affected products

• Hdf5 (Hdfgroup)

References

• https://github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/tree/master/HDF5/vuln8#invalid-write-memory-access-in-decompressc