9.8

CVE-2018-13867: hdfgroup hdf5 Out-of-bounds Read

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-13867
Published 10-07-2018Last modified 16-09-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-13867 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in hdfgroup hdf5. EPSS estimates a 2.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Priority
Prioritisepublic exploit

Public exploit (GitHub, Date unknown)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.00%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1github

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 6
SUSE-SU-2022:3824-1SUSE-SU-2022:3825-1SUSE-SU-2022:3826-1SUSE-SU-2022:3827-1SUSE-SU-2022:3828-1SUSE-SU-2022:3829-1

Timeline

  1. 10-07-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is an out of bounds read in the function H5F__accum_read in H5Faccum.c.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.00%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

81%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 2.00% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Pocs

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Hdfgroup1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • hdf5All versions (No fix recorded)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

3 links