CVE-2018-15671 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting HDF HDF5 library version 1.10.2. It stems from excessive stack consumption in the H5P__get_cb() function when parsing a specially crafted HDF file. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 6.5), it can be triggered remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction to open the malicious file, leading to a complete denial of service. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| 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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