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CVE-2018-17432 (GCVE-0-2018-17432)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-09-24 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 10:47
VLAI
Summary
A NULL pointer dereference in H5O_sdspace_encode() in H5Osdspace.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HDF5 file.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2018-09-24 00:00
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