Is CVE-2018-17438 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-17438 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-17438?

CVE-2018-17438 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-17438?

CVE-2018-17438 has an EPSS score of 1.74% (75th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-17438?

Upgrade hdf5 on debian 11 to 1.10.6+repack-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-17438

MEDIUMEPSS 75th pctl

6.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-369

How to fix

Remediation Available

hdf5Debian

Fixed in:1.10.6+repack-1CVE-2018-17438

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

1.74%probability of exploitation in 30 days

75thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 75% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

github.com

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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.