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CVE-2018-16438

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 1.77% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-09-04 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2018-16438
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
1.77%
F5

Original NVD Description

An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is an out of bounds read in H5L_extern_query at H5Lexternal.c.