NULL pointer dereference in HDF5 - CVE-2018-11204
Published: May 16, 2018 / Updated: March 9, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37126
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11204
CWE-ID: CWE-476
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 a NULL pointer dereference error in H5O__chunk_deserialize in H5Ocache.c in the HDF HDF5 1.10.2 library. It could allow a remote denial of service attack. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-11204
Install update from vendor's website.