CVE-2018-17438 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting HDF5 library versions through 1.10.3. It arises from incorrect protection against division by zero within the H5D__select_io() function, triggered by parsing a specially crafted HDF file. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction to process the malicious file, and primarily leads to a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage 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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