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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-17437

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 servi...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 hdf5

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.10.6+repack-2"}]}]

Debian:13 hdf5

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.10.6+repack-2"}]}]

Debian:14 hdf5

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.10.6+repack-2"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org