Hdf5
CVE-2018-13874
CRITICAL
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionNVD
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is a stack-based buffer overflow in the function H5FD_sec2_read in H5FDsec2.c, related to HDmemset.
AnalysisAI
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified as Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787), which allows attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes. An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is a stack-based buffer overflow in the function H5FD_sec2_read in H5FDsec2.c, related to HDmemset. Affected products include: Hdfgroup Hdf5.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Validate write boundaries, use memory-safe languages, enable compiler protections (ASLR, stack canaries).
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remote
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remote
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remote
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remote
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remote
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remote
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remote
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remote
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remote
In HDF5 1.10.1, there is an out of bounds write vulnerability in the function H5G__ent_decode_vec in H5Gcache.c in libhd
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.10.4 library. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely e
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.10.4 library. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely e
Same weakness CWE-787 – Out-of-bounds Write
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