CVE-2018-13871 is a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability found in the HDF5 library, specifically version 1.8.20, affecting products from the hdfgroup. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it allows for unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts with low attack complexity. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.8.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hdfgroup:hdf5:1.8.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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