CVE-2018-17436

PoC —

CVSS 3.0

6.5 medium

EPSS

1%p69

Published

Sep 24, 2018 (Sep 24, 2018)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

ReadCode() in decompress.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write access) via a crafted HDF5 file. This issue was triggered while converting a GIF file to an HDF file.

Vendors: hdfgroup
Products: hdf5
Weakness: CWE-787
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.3%)

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