CVE-2018-15671 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause denial of service in applications using the HDF5 library by providing a crafted file that triggers excessive stack consumption.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-15671?
CVE-2018-15671 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Hdfgroup Hdf5, published on 21 Aug 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.10.2 library. Excessive stack consumption has been detected in the function H5P__get_cb() in H5Pint.c during an attempted parse of a crafted HDF file. This results in denial of service.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-15671?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Hdfgroup Hdf5.
How do I fix CVE-2018-15671?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2018-15671 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-15671 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Hdfgroup Hdf5
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15671, ECHO-c070-6c41-0055, GHSA-rr7g-hmc4-3pm3, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15671.