CVE-2018-17233
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.27%
Description
A SIGFPE signal is raised in the function H5D__create_chunk_file_map_hyper() of H5Dchunk.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.
How to fix CVE-2018-17233
To remediate CVE-2018-17233, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/hdf5—upgrade to 1.10.6+repack-2 or later
Is CVE-2018-17233 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.10.6+repack-2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |