Divide By Zero Affecting hdf5 package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2110-HDF5-1751582
  • published24 Sept 2018
  • disclosed24 Sept 2018

Introduced: 24 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-17438  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-369  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:21.10 hdf5.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream hdf5 package and not the hdf5 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:21.10 relevant fixed versions and status.

A SIGFPE signal is raised in the function H5D__select_io() of H5Dselect.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library during an attempted parse of a crafted HDF file, because of incorrect protection against division by zero. It could allow a remote denial of service attack.