VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-16438
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 1.77%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.77%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is an out of bounds read in H5L_extern_query at H5Lexternal.c.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.77% probability · 77th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- hdfgroup/hdf5
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/hdf5/h5statExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/hdf5/h5statExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.