Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2018-17438 (CCN-150255)

Assigned:2018-09-24
Published:2018-09-24
Updated:2018-11-09
Summary: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.
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-369
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2018-17438

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
hdf-cve201817438-dos(150255)

Source: CCN
Type: GitHub Web site
Divided By Zero - POC_H5D__select_io_H5Dselect

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/tree/master/HDF5/vuln4#divided-by-zero---poc_h5d__select_io_h5dselect

Source: CCN
Type: HDF Group Web site
HDF HDF5

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2018-17438

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:hdfgroup:hdf5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 1.10.3)

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1521
    P
    		Security update for hdf5 (Important)
    2022-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1206
    P
    		Security update for hdf5 (Important)
    2022-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:508
    P
    		Security update for hdf5 (Important)
    2022-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:118728
    P
    		Security update for hdf5 (Important)
    2022-06-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:118918
    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:2018174380000000
    V
    		CVE-2018-17438 on Ubuntu 19.04 (disco) - medium.
    2018-09-24
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201817438000
    V
    		CVE-2018-17438 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2018-09-24
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:2018174380000000
    V
    		CVE-2018-17438 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
    2018-09-24
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201817438000
    V
    		CVE-2018-17438 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
    2018-09-24
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:2018174380000000
    V
    		CVE-2018-17438 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2018-09-24
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:201817438000
    V
    		CVE-2018-17438 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
    2018-09-24
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2018174380000000
    V
    		CVE-2018-17438 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2018-09-24
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201817438000
    V
    		CVE-2018-17438 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2018-09-24
    BACK
    hdfgroup hdf5 *