#VU63941 Resource exhaustion in HDF5 - CVE-2018-17437
Published: June 2, 2022 / Updated: March 9, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU63941
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17437
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
HDF5
HDF5
Software vendor:
HDF Group
HDF Group
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources in the H5O_dtype_decode_helper() function in H5Odtype.c in the HDF HDF5. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted HDF5 file and perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.