CVE-2018-13872 is a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability found in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library, specifically within the H5G_ent_decode function in H5Gent.c. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is highly severe, allowing unauthenticated attackers to achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability over a network with low attack complexity. While there is no known active exploitation, exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating potential future interest.
| 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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