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CVE-2018-11206

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-11206 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the HDF5 1.10.2 library, specifically affecting the H5O_fill_new_decode and H5O_fill_old_decode functions. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.1, indicating a significant risk of remote denial of service or information disclosure with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.10.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hdfgroup:hdf5:1.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.1HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0295 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (7)

redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)Fixed in: hdf5
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo)Fixed in: hdf5
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)Fixed in: hdf5
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: hdf5
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty)Fixed in: hdf5
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka)Fixed in: hdf5
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 (Pike)Fixed in: hdf5

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-11206Low

hdf5: out of bounds read in H5O_fill_new_decode and H5O_fill_old_decode in H5Ofill.c

May 16, 2018

References

github.com / TeamSeri0us/pocs/blob/master/hdf5/README2.md
Third Party Advisory
github.com / Twi1ight/fuzzing-pocs/tree/master/hdf5
ExploitThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00009.html