UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17437

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17437

    Published: 24 Sept 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-17437

    Summary:

    Details: Memory leak in the H5O_dtype_decode_helper() function in H5Odtype.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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17437, https://github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/tree/master/HDF5/vuln5#memory-leak-in-h5o_dtype_decode_helper, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17437

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: hdf5

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.8.11-3ubuntu1
    1.8.11-5ubuntu1
    1.8.11-5ubuntu2
    1.8.11-5ubuntu6
    1.8.11-5ubuntu7
    1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1
    1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1+esm1
    1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1+esm2

    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