Out-of-bounds read in HDF5 - CVE-2018-13868
Published: July 10, 2018 / Updated: June 2, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36916
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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-2018-13868
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: HDF Group
Affected software:
HDF5
HDF5
Detailed vulnerability 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_fill_old_decode in H5Ofill.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-13868
Install update from vendor's website.