CVE-2018-17237
mediumpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.013 · 71 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A SIGFPE signal is raised in the function H5D__chunk_set_info_real() of H5Dchunk.c in the HDF HDF5 1.10.3 library during an attempted parse of a crafted HDF file, because of incorrect protection against division by zero. This issue is different from CVE-2018-11207.
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affected products (11)
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references (8)
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- https://github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/blob/master/HDF5/README.md#divided-by-zero---h5d__chunk_set_info_real_div_by_zerocnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00009.htmlcnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/HDF5-three-vulnerabilities-38489cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2022.2698cnnvd
- https://github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/blob/master/HDF5/README.md#divided-by-zero---h5d__chunk_set_info_real_div_by_zeroenisa_euvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00009.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/blob/master/HDF5/README.md#divided-by-zero---h5d__chunk_set_info_real_div_by_zeroExploitThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00009.htmlnvd
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