#VU36918 Out-of-bounds read in HDF5 - CVE-2018-13870
Published: July 10, 2018 / Updated: June 2, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36918
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-13870
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
HDF5
HDF5
Software vendor:
HDF Group
HDF Group
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read in the function H5O_link_decode in H5Olink.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.