CVE-2018-17432

moderate-risk
Published 2018-09-24

A NULL pointer dereference in H5O_sdspace_encode() in H5Osdspace.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HDF5 file.

Do I need to act?

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0.76% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
6
CVSS 6.5/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Hdfgroup

References (2)

Exploit https://github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/tree/master/HDF5/vuln6#null-point...
Exploit https://github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/tree/master/HDF5/vuln6#null-point...
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moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 3/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal