Out-of-bounds read in HDF5 - CVE-2018-14034
Published: July 13, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36908
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-14034
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is an out of bounds read in the function H5O_pline_reset in H5Opline.c.
Affected software
HDF5
How to mitigate CVE-2018-14034
Install update from vendor's website.