CVE-2018-11202 describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the HDF5 library, specifically within the H5S_hyper_make_spans function in H5Shyper.c, affecting hdfgroup hdf5 versions. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium) due to its potential for a remote denial of service (DoS) attack, requiring user interaction (UI:R) but low attack complexity (AC:L). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.10.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hdfgroup:hdf5:1.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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