CVE-2018-15671

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2018-08-18
CWE:
CWE-400
Bugzilla:
1620384: CVE-2018-15671 hdf5: Excessive stack consumption in the function H5P__get_cb() resulting in a denial of service

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.10.2 library. Excessive stack consumption has been detected in the function H5P__get_cb() in H5Pint.c during an attempted parse of a crafted HDF file. This results in denial of service.

Find out more about CVE-2018-15671 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 5.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 hdf5 Affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) hdf5 Affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens) hdf5 Affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12.0 hdf5 Affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 hdf5 Affected

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