NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting hdf5 package, versions <1.10.4+repack-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.95% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-HDF5-18067085
  • published21 Jul 2026
  • disclosed16 May 2018

Introduced: 16 May 2018

CVE-2018-11202  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest hdf5 to version 1.10.4+repack-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream hdf5 package and not the hdf5 package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in H5S_hyper_make_spans in H5Shyper.c in the HDF HDF5 1.10.2 library. It could allow a remote denial of service attack.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1