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CVE-2018-17234 json

Memory leak in the H5O__chunk_deserialize() function in H5Ocache.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library allows attackers to cause a denia…

published 2018-09-20 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-8994

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 71%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Memory leak in the H5O__chunk_deserialize() function in H5Ocache.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.

Patch / fix

  • hdf5 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.10.6+repack-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-17234

  • hdf5 Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1+esm2
  • hdf5 Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1+esm2
  • hdf5 Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 1.10.0-patch1+docs-4ubuntu0.1~esm2
  • hdf5 Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 1.10.4+repack-11ubuntu1+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17234

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-hpc SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP3, SLE Module for HPC 15 SP3, openSUSE Leap 15.4 +1 more 1.10.8-150300.4.3.1
  • hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-mpich-hpc SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP3, SLE Module for HPC 15 SP3, openSUSE Leap 15.4 +1 more 1.10.8-150300.4.3.2
  • hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-mvapich2-hpc SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP3, SLE Module for HPC 15 SP3, openSUSE Leap 15.4 +1 more 1.10.8-150300.4.3.1
  • hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-openmpi3-hpc SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP3, SLE Module for HPC 15 SP3, openSUSE Leap 15.4 +1 more 1.10.8-150300.4.3.2
  • hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-openmpi4-hpc SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP3, SLE Module for HPC 15 SP3, openSUSE Leap 15.4 +1 more 1.10.8-150300.4.3.2
  • suse-hpc SLE Module for HPC 12 0.5.20220206.0c6b168-5.2
  • hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-hpc SLE Module for HPC 12 1.10.8-3.12.2
  • hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-mvapich2-hpc SLE Module for HPC 12 1.10.8-3.12.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:1912-1SUSE-SU-2022:1933-1SUSE-SU-2022:1911-1SUSE-SU-2022:1910-1SUSE-SU-2022:1903-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-17234 updated cvss 4.3

hdf5: Memory leak in the H5O__chunk_deserialize() function in H5Ocache.c

  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) hdf5 Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) hdf5 Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) hdf5
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 (Pike) hdf5
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) hdf5 Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14 (Rocky) hdf5
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”

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Exploit prediction

1.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/tree/master/HDF5/vuln3#memory-leak---h5o__chunk_deserialize_memory_leak referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-772 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

Sources

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