Is CVE-2018-17435 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-17435 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-17435?

CVE-2018-17435 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-17435?

CVE-2018-17435 has an EPSS score of 1.31% (67th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-17435?

Upgrade hdf5 on debian 12 to 1.10.7+repack-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-17435

MEDIUM

6.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A heap-based buffer over-read in H5O_attr_decode() in H5Oattr.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HDF5 file. This issue was triggered while converting an HDF file to GIF file.

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

How to fix

Remediation Available

hdf5Debian

Fixed in:1.10.7+repack-1CVE-2018-17435

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.31%probability of exploitation in 30 days

67thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 67% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

github.com

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CVE-2021-4034	High	7.8	95%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-21769	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-49285	High	8.6	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-8794	Critical	9.8	89%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.