CVE-2018-17436 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the HDF5 library up to version 1.10.3, specifically within the ReadCode() function in decompress.c. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger an invalid write access by tricking a user into processing a specially crafted HDF5 file, potentially converted from a GIF. This vulnerability carries a CVSSv3 score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and leading to high availability impact. 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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