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CVE-2018-17437
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-09-24T14:29:01.043 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:45:49.977

Summary

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.

Affected products

hdfgroup — hdf5

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References

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