CVE-2018-17436: Hdfgroup HDF5

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

ReadCode() in decompress.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write access) via a crafted HDF5 file. This issue was triggered while converting a GIF file to an HDF file.

Affected products

• Hdfgroup HDF5: up to and including 1.10.3

Published 2018-09-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.