CVE-2018-17439

NameCVE-2018-17439
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.10.3 library. There is a stack-based buffer overflow in the function H5S_extent_get_dims() in H5S.c. Specifically, this issue occurs while converting an HDF5 file to a GIF file.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
hdf5 (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1.8.13+docs-15+deb8u1vulnerable
stretch (lts), stretch1.10.0-patch1+docs-3+deb9u2vulnerable
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)1.10.4+repack-10+deb10u1vulnerable
bullseye1.10.6+repack-4+deb11u1vulnerable
bookworm1.10.8+repack1-1vulnerable
trixie1.10.10+repack-5vulnerable
sid1.14.5+repack-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
hdf5source(unstable)1.14.5+repack-1unimportant

Notes

https://github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/tree/master/HDF5/vuln5#stack-overflow-in-h5s_extent_get_dims
https://jira.hdfgroup.org/browse/HDFFV-10589
Negligible security impact

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