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CVE-2018-17234

Published: 20 September 2018

Memory leak in the H5O__chunk_deserialize() function in H5Ocache.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted HDF5 file.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
hdf5
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (1.10.0-patch1+docs-4ubuntu0.1~esm2)
Available with Ubuntu Pro
cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Ignored
(end of life)
focal
Released (1.10.4+repack-11ubuntu1+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro
groovy Ignored
(end of life)
hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
impish Ignored
(end of life)
jammy Not vulnerable
(1.10.5+repack-1~exp1)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(1.10.5+repack-1~exp1)
lunar Not vulnerable
(1.10.5+repack-1~exp1)
mantic Not vulnerable
(1.10.5+repack-1~exp1)
trusty
Released (1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1+esm2)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream
Released (1.10.5+repack-1~exp1)
xenial
Released (1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1+esm2)
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Patches:
upstream: https://bitbucket.hdfgroup.org/projects/HDFFV/repos/hdf5/commits/f4138013dbc6851e968ea3d37b32776538ef306b

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H