CVE-2018-17237

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2018-09-05
CWE:
CWE-20
Bugzilla:
1633860: CVE-2018-17237 hdf5: SIGFPE signal in H5D__chunk_set_info_real() of H5Dchunk.c

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

A SIGFPE signal is raised in the function H5D__chunk_set_info_real() of H5Dchunk.c in the HDF HDF5 1.10.3 library during an attempted parse of a crafted HDF file, because of incorrect protection against division by zero. This issue is different from CVE-2018-11207.

Find out more about CVE-2018-17237 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 4.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
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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