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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-15671

🗓️ 24 Aug 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus🔗 www.tenable.com

Unpatched CVE-2018-15671 in HDF5 1.10.2 causes denial of service via stack overrun during parse.

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ReporterTitlePublishedViews
Family
CNVD		HDF5 Excessive Stack Consumption Vulnerability
22 Aug 201800:00
–cnvd
CVE		CVE-2018-15671
21 Aug 201823:00
–cve
Cvelist		CVE-2018-15671
21 Aug 201823:00
–cvelist
Debian CVE		CVE-2018-15671
21 Aug 201823:00
–debiancve
EUVD		EUVD-2018-7542
7 Oct 202500:30
–euvd
NVD		CVE-2018-15671
21 Aug 201823:29
–nvd
OSV		DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15671
21 Aug 201823:29
–osv
OSV		ECHO-C070-6C41-0055
15 Sep 202501:09
–osv
OSV		UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15671
21 Aug 201823:29
–osv
Prion		Denial of service
21 Aug 201823:29
–prion
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  - An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.10.2 library. Excessive stack consumption has been detected in
    the function H5P__get_cb() in H5Pint.c during an attempted parse of a crafted HDF file. This results in
    denial of service. (CVE-2018-15671)

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if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "Debian Linux-11": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "11",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "hdf5-helpers"},
          {"reference": "hdf5-tools"},
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          {"reference": "libhdf5-cpp-103"},
          {"reference": "libhdf5-cpp-103-1"},
          {"reference": "libhdf5-dev"},
          {"reference": "libhdf5-doc"},
          {"reference": "libhdf5-fortran-102"},
          {"reference": "libhdf5-hl-100"},
          {"reference": "libhdf5-hl-cpp-100"},
          {"reference": "libhdf5-hl-fortran-100"},
          {"reference": "libhdf5-java"},
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          {"reference": "libhdf5-mpich-103-1"},
          {"reference": "libhdf5-mpich-cpp-103-1"},
          {"reference": "libhdf5-mpich-dev"},
          {"reference": "libhdf5-mpich-fortran-102"},
          {"reference": "libhdf5-mpich-hl-100"},
          {"reference": "libhdf5-mpich-hl-cpp-100"},
          {"reference": "libhdf5-mpich-hl-fortran-100"},
          {"reference": "libhdf5-openmpi-103"},
          {"reference": "libhdf5-openmpi-103-1"},
          {"reference": "libhdf5-openmpi-cpp-103-1"},
          {"reference": "libhdf5-openmpi-dev"},
          {"reference": "libhdf5-openmpi-fortran-102"},
          {"reference": "libhdf5-openmpi-hl-100"},
          {"reference": "libhdf5-openmpi-hl-cpp-100"},
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      }
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  },
  "Debian Linux-12": {
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        "release": "12",
        "pkgs": [
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          {"reference": "hdf5-tools"},
          {"reference": "libhdf5-103"},
          {"reference": "libhdf5-103-1"},
          {"reference": "libhdf5-cpp-103"},
          {"reference": "libhdf5-cpp-103-1"},
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          {"reference": "libhdf5-doc"},
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          {"reference": "libhdf5-hl-100"},
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          {"reference": "libhdf5-hl-fortran-100"},
          {"reference": "libhdf5-java"},
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          {"reference": "libhdf5-mpi-dev"},
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          {"reference": "libhdf5-hl-fortran-310"},
          {"reference": "libhdf5-java"},
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          {"reference": "libhdf5-openmpi-cpp-310"},
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  },
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    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
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      {
        "release": "16.04",
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          {"reference": "hdf5"}
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    ]
  },
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    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "18.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "hdf5"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-20.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "20.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "hdf5"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-22.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "22.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "hdf5"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-24.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "24.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "hdf5"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-25.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "25.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "hdf5"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-25.10": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "25.10",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "hdf5"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}

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CVSS 24.3
CVSS 36.5
EPSS0.00433
hierarchical data formatdenial of servicestack overrunparse vulnerabilityunpatched vulnerabilityno vendor patch
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