CVE-2018-17237 — MEDIUM (6.5)

Q: How severe is CVE-2018-17237?

CVE-2018-17237 has been rated MEDIUM with a CVSS base score of 6.5/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Q: Is there a patch for CVE-2018-17237?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Hdfgroup Hdf5.

Vulnerability 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.

CVSS Score

6.5

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality

NONE

Integrity

NONE

Availability

HIGH

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Hdfgroup	Hdf5	<= 1.10.3

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-369

References

https://github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/blob/master/HDF5/README.md#divideExploitThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00009.html
https://github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/blob/master/HDF5/README.md#divideExploitThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00009.html

FAQ

What is CVE-2018-17237?

CVE-2018-17237 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5 (MEDIUM). 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 again...

How severe is CVE-2018-17237?

CVE-2018-17237 has been rated MEDIUM with a CVSS base score of 6.5/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Is there a patch for CVE-2018-17237?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Hdfgroup Hdf5.