Is CVE-2018-17437 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-17437 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-17437?

CVE-2018-17437 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-17437?

CVE-2018-17437 has an EPSS score of 1.49% (71th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-17437?

Upgrade hdf5 on debian 11 to 1.10.6+repack-2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-17437

MEDIUMEPSS 71th pctl

6.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Memory leak in the H5O_dtype_decode_helper() function in H5Odtype.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted HDF5 file.

CWE-772

How to fix

Remediation Available

hdf5Debian

Fixed in:1.10.6+repack-2CVE-2018-17437

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

1.49%probability of exploitation in 30 days

71stpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 71% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

github.com

Other references1

lists.debian.org

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CVE-2021-22883	High	7.5	77%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-2398	High	8.6	36%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-9375	High	7.5	28%	-	-
CVE-1999-1127	High	7.5	18%	-	-

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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.