CVE-2018-17233 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the HDF5 library up to version 1.10.3. It arises from incorrect protection against division by zero within the H5D__create_chunk_file_map_hyper() function when parsing a crafted HDF file. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) can be triggered remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and results in a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.10.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hdfgroup:hdf5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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