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CVE-2018-17434

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 1.97% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-09-24 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5. It affects F5. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

Public Exploit Signal

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

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CVE
CVE-2018-17434
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
1.97%
F5

Original NVD Description

A SIGFPE signal is raised in the function apply_filters() of h5repack_filters.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library during an attempted parse of a crafted HDF file, because of incorrect protection against division by zero. It could allow a remote denial of service attack.

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