CVE-2018-17438
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.36%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-17438
To remediate CVE-2018-17438, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/hdf5—upgrade to 1.10.6+repack-1 or later
Is CVE-2018-17438 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.10.6+repack-1
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 |