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title: "CVE-2018-17237\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2018-17237

Publication date 20 September 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**6.5 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17237?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

A SIGFPE signal is raised in the function H5D\_\_chunk\_set\_info\_real() of
H5Dchunk.c in the HDF HDF5 1.10.3 library during an attempted parse of a
crafted HDF file, because of incorrect protection against division by zero.
This issue is different from CVE-2018-11207.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| hdf5 | 25.04 plucky | Not affected |
| 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Not affected |
| 23.04 lunar | Not affected |
| 22.10 kinetic | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 21.10 impish | Ignored end of life |
| 21.04 hirsute | Ignored end of life |
| 20.10 groovy | Ignored end of life |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Fixed 1.10.4+repack-11ubuntu1+esm1  Ubuntu Pro |
| 19.10 eoan | Ignored end of life |
| 19.04 disco | Ignored end of life |
| 18.10 cosmic | Ignored end of life |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 1.10.0-patch1+docs-4ubuntu0.1~esm2  Ubuntu Pro |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1+esm2  Ubuntu Pro |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1+esm2  Ubuntu Pro |

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## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

6.5 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 6.5 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-17237)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17237)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2018-17237)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17237)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-5272-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-5272-1)
+ HDF5 vulnerabilities
+ 20 July 2022

### Other references

* <https://github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/blob/master/HDF5/README.md#divided-by-zero---h5d__chunk_set_info_real_div_by_zero>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17237>