Vulnerability CVE-2018-17435

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2018-17435 (CCN-150252)

Assigned:

2018-09-24

Published:

2018-09-24

Updated:

2019-10-03

Summary:

A heap-based buffer over-read in H5O_attr_decode() in H5Oattr.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 an HDF file to GIF file.

CVSS v3 Severity:

6.5 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
5.7 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): High

5.5 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
4.9 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): High

CVSS v2 Severity:

4.3 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Partial

4.6 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Complete

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-125

Vulnerability Consequences:

Denial of Service

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2018-17435

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
hdf-cve201817435-dos(150252)

Source: CCN
Type: GitHub Web site
Heap Overflow in H5O_attr_decode

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/tree/master/HDF5/vuln7#heap-overflow-in-h5o_attr_decode

Source: CCN
Type: HDF Group Web site
HDF HDF5

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2018-17435

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:hdfgroup:hdf5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 1.10.3)

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:118918	P	Security update for hdf5 (Important)	2022-06-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:118728	P	Security update for hdf5 (Important)	2022-06-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:105904	P	haserl-0.9.36-1.3 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-10-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:63056	P	hdf5-gnu-hpc-1.10.7-2.25 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-10
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:63476	P	hdf5-gnu-hpc-1.10.7-2.25 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-10
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1967	P	hdf5-gnu-hpc-1.10.7-2.25 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-10
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:2387	P	hdf5-gnu-hpc-1.10.7-2.25 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-10
oval:com.ubuntu.disco:def:2018174350000000	V	CVE-2018-17435 on Ubuntu 19.04 (disco) - medium.	2018-09-24
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201817435000	V	CVE-2018-17435 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2018-09-24
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:2018174350000000	V	CVE-2018-17435 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.	2018-09-24
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201817435000	V	CVE-2018-17435 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.	2018-09-24
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:2018174350000000	V	CVE-2018-17435 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2018-09-24
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:201817435000	V	CVE-2018-17435 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.	2018-09-24
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2018174350000000	V	CVE-2018-17435 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2018-09-24
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201817435000	V	CVE-2018-17435 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2018-09-24

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