CVE-2018-17237 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting the HDF5 library (versions up to 1.10.3) that can lead to a denial of service. An attacker can trigger a division-by-zero error in the H5D__chunk_set_info_real() function by providing a specially crafted HDF file, causing the application to crash. While the attack complexity is low and no authentication is required, user interaction is necessary for exploitation. 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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