DEBIAN-CVE-2018-17438

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2018-17438

    Published: 24 Sept 2018Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-17438

    Summary:

    Details: A SIGFPE signal is raised in the function H5D__select_io() of H5Dselect.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library during an attempted parse of a crafted HDF file, because of incorrect protection against division by zero. It could allow a remote denial of service attack.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17438

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: hdf5

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/hdf5?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.10.6+repack-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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