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CVE-2018-11202

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  • Published2018-05-16
  • WeaknessCWE-476

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Description

A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in H5S_hyper_make_spans in H5Shyper.c in the HDF HDF5 1.10.2 library. It could allow a remote denial of service attack.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2018-05-1615:29CVE publishedNVD

Versions per branch

NVD
Hdfgroup hdf5
BranchAffectedFixed in
1.10= 1.10.2no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • adios_1_13_1-gnu-mpich-hpcSUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSSall versions · fixed in 1.13.1-150300.12.4.2and 3 other packages
  • hdf5Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • hdf5Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • hdf5Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • hdf5Debian:14all versions · fixed in 1.10.4+repack-1
  • hdf5Debian:13all versions · fixed in 1.10.4+repack-1
  • hdf5Debian:12all versions · fixed in 1.10.4+repack-1
  • hdf5_1_10_11-gnu-hpcSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP5all versions · fixed in 1.10.11-150400.3.12.1and 4 other packages

25 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2018-11202 Red Hat Product Security7 known affected

    hdf5: NULL pointer dereference in H5S_hyper_make_spans in H5Shyper.c

    hdf5 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · hdf5 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) · hdf5 as a component of Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) · +4 more

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. No fix available, says the vendor Red Hat Product Security CVE-2018-11202 · 1 productFix deferred
  2. No fix planned, says the vendor Red Hat Product Security CVE-2018-11202 · 6 productsWill not fix

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof of concept
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
2018-05-16
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-hmfw-p4xx-rfx7

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-11202?

A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in H5S_hyper_make_spans in H5Shyper.c in the HDF HDF5 1.10.2 library. It could allow a remote denial of service attack.

Is CVE-2018-11202 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2018-11202 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.9% on 2026-11-08, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2018-11202?

CVE-2018-11202 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM severity), with vector string CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

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