CVE-2018-17437 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause denial of service via memory consumption by providing a crafted HDF5 file to applications using the HDF5 library.
- 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-2018-17437?
CVE-2018-17437 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Hdfgroup Hdf5, published on 24 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
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: CWE-772
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-17437?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Hdfgroup Hdf5.
How do I fix CVE-2018-17437?
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-2018-17437 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-17437 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Hdfgroup Hdf5
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-17437, GHSA-2x9p-553v-3rgx, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17437.