Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 24, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-17437
CVE-2018-17437
Description
Memory leak in the H5O_dtype_decode_helper() function in H5Odtype.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted HDF5 file.
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Affected products
53- osv-coords52 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-hpc&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-hpc&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-mpich-hpc&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-mpich-hpc&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-mvapich2-hpc&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-mvapich2-hpc&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-openmpi3-hpc&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-openmpi3-hpc&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-openmpi4-hpc&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-openmpi4-hpc&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/suse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20HPC%2012pkg:rpm/suse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20HPC%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-mpich-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-mpich-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-mpich-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-mpich-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-mpich-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-mpich-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-mpich-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20HPC%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-mpich-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-mvapich2-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-mvapich2-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-mvapich2-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-mvapich2-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-mvapich2-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-mvapich2-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-mvapich2-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20HPC%2012pkg:rpm/suse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-mvapich2-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20HPC%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-mvapich2-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-openmpi1-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20HPC%2012pkg:rpm/suse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-openmpi2-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-openmpi2-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-openmpi2-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-openmpi2-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-openmpi2-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-openmpi2-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-openmpi3-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-openmpi3-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-openmpi3-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20HPC%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-openmpi3-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/hdf5_1_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< 1.10.8-150300.4.3.1+ 51 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150300.4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150300.4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150300.4.3.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150300.4.3.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150300.4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150300.4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150300.4.3.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150300.4.3.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150300.4.3.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150300.4.3.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150100.7.4.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150100.7.4.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150200.8.4.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150200.8.4.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150000.8.4.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150000.8.4.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-3.12.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150300.4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150300.4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150100.7.4.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150100.7.4.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150200.8.4.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150200.8.4.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150000.8.4.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150000.8.4.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150300.4.3.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150300.4.3.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150100.7.4.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150100.7.4.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150200.8.4.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150200.8.4.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150000.8.4.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150000.8.4.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-3.12.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150300.4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150300.4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-3.12.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150100.7.4.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150100.7.4.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150200.8.4.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150200.8.4.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150000.8.4.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150000.8.4.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150200.8.4.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150200.8.4.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150300.4.3.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150300.4.3.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150300.4.3.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150300.4.3.2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.5.20220206.0c6b168-150000.11.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.5.20220206.0c6b168-150000.11.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.5.20220206.0c6b168-5.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/tree/master/HDF5/vuln5nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00009.htmlnvd
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