CVE-2018-14031: hdfgroup hdf5 Out-of-bounds Read
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2018-14031 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in hdfgroup hdf5. EPSS estimates a 1.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76.9% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 8.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 6Timeline
- 13-07-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 17-09-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the function H5T_copy in H5T.c.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.68%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
77%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Increase +0.11 pp
From 1.57% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- hdf5All versions (No fix recorded) | < 1.14.5+repack-1
Hdfgroup1 product
- hdf51.8.20
Ubuntu1 product
- hdf5All versions (No fix recorded)
3 vendors · 3 products
