CVE-2018-13872 : An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is a heap-based bu

An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the function H5G_ent_decode in H5Gent.c.

Published 2018-07-10 21:29:01

Updated 2020-08-24 17:37:01

Source MITRE

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Vulnerability category: OverflowMemory Corruption

Products affected by CVE-2018-13872

Hdfgroup » Hdf5 » Version: 1.8.20
cpe:2.3:a:hdfgroup:hdf5:1.8.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Matching versions

EPSS FAQ

0.47%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 76 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source
7.5	HIGH	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P	10.0	6.4	NIST
Access Vector: Network Access Complexity: Low Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: Partial Integrity Impact: Partial Availability Impact: Partial
9.8	CRITICAL	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	3.9	5.9	NIST
Attack Vector: Network Attack Complexity: Low Privileges Required: None User Interaction: None Scope: Unchanged Confidentiality: High Integrity: High Availability: High

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

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