Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU36921

#VU36921 Out-of-bounds read in HDF5 - CVE-2018-13873

Published: July 10, 2018 / Updated: June 2, 2022

Vulnerability identifier: #VU36921

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-2018-13873

CWE-ID: CWE-125

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
HDF5

Software vendor:
HDF Group

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to buffer over-read in H5O_chunk_deserialize in H5Ocache.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.

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