CVE-2018-17433

A heap-based buffer overflow in ReadGifImageDesc() in gifread.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HDF5 file. This issue was triggered while converting a GIF file to an HDF file.

CVSS v3.0

6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0

4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

1.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 68th percentile

Published

2018-09-24

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• SegfaultMasters/covering360/tree/master/HDF5/vuln8#heap-overflow-in-readgifimagedesc

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2018-11207
• CVE-2018-15671
• CVE-2018-17233
• CVE-2018-17234
• CVE-2018-17237
• CVE-2018-17432