NULL Pointer Dereference The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package hdf5  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2510-HDF5-15027159
  • published17 Jan 2026
  • disclosed24 Sept 2018

Introduced: 24 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-17432  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:25.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream hdf5 package and not the hdf5 package as distributed by Ubuntu.

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.