CVE-2018-17237 Denial of service in n/a
A crafted HDF file triggers a division by zero error in the HDF5 library, causing a crash and denial of service.
- 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-2018-17237?
CVE-2018-17237 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Hdfgroup Hdf5, published on 20 Sep 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
A SIGFPE signal is raised in the function H5D__chunk_set_info_real() of H5Dchunk.c in the HDF HDF5 1.10.3 library during an attempted parse of a crafted HDF file, because of incorrect protection against division by zero. This issue is different from CVE-2018-11207.
Weakness: CWE-369
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-17237?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Hdfgroup Hdf5.
How do I fix CVE-2018-17237?
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-2018-17237 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-17237 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Hdfgroup Hdf5
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-17237, GHSA-whc6-484q-9856, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17237.