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CVE-2018-13870

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  • Published2018-07-10
  • WeaknessCWE-125

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Description

An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the function H5O_link_decode in H5Olink.c.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2018-07-1021:29CVE publishedNVD

Versions per branch

NVD
Hdfgroup hdf5
BranchAffectedFixed in
1.8= 1.8.20no 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

  • hdf5Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • 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 1.10.7+repack-1
  • hdf5Debian:13all versions · fixed in 1.10.7+repack-1
  • hdf5Debian:12all versions · fixed in 1.10.7+repack-1
  • hdf5CleanStartall versions · fixed in 1.12.1-r0

23 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2018-13870 Red Hat Product Security8 known affected

    hdf5: heap-based buffer over-read in the function H5O_link_decode in H5Olink.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) · +5 more

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. No fix available, says the vendor Red Hat Product Security CVE-2018-13870 · 3 productsFix deferred
  2. No fix available, says the vendor Red Hat Product Security CVE-2018-13870 · 1 productAffected
  3. No fix planned, says the vendor Red Hat Product Security CVE-2018-13870 · 4 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:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2018-07-10
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-gvwf-6cgr-vqq6

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-13870?

An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the function H5O_link_decode in H5Olink.c.

Is CVE-2018-13870 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2018-13870 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 2.0% on 2026-11-08, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2018-13870?

CVE-2018-13870 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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