CVE-2018-13875
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is an out-of-bounds read in the...
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is an out-of-bounds read in the function H5VM_memcpyvv in H5VM.c.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is an out-of-bounds read in the function H5VM_memcpyvv in H5VM.c.
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CVE-2018-13875- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is an out-of-bounds read in the function H5VM_memcpyvv in H5VM.c.
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CVE-2018-13875- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-5809 No score
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is an out-of-bounds read in the function H5VM_memcpyvv in H5VM.c.
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EUVD-2018-5809- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vmrq-hxc3-5x27
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is an out-of-bounds read in the...
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is an out-of-bounds read in the function H5VM_memcpyvv in H5VM.c.
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GHSA-vmrq-hxc3-5x27- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is an out-of-bounds read in the function H5VM_memcpyvv in H5VM.c.
- Record
CVE-2018-13875- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2024-2337
hdf5 security update
HDF5 is a data model, library, and file format for storing and managing data. It supports an unlimited variety of datatypes, and is designed for flexible and efficient I/O and for high volume and complex data. HDF5 is portable and is extensible, allowing applications to evolve in their use of HDF5. The HDF5 Technology suite includes tools and applications for managing, manipulating, viewing, and analyzing data in the HDF5 format.
Security Fix(es):
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the function H5FL_blk_malloc in H5FL.c.(CVE-2018-13871)
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is an out-of-bounds read in the function H5VM_memcpyvv in H5VM.c.(CVE-2018-13875)
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is an out of bounds read in the function H5O_pline_reset in H5Opline.c.(CVE-2018-14034)
HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a heap buffer overflow in H5HG_read, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-29157)
HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a stack buffer overflow in H5FL_arr_malloc, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-29158)
HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a buffer overflow in H5Z__filter_scaleoffset, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-29159)
HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a heap buffer overflow in H5HG__cache_heap_deserialize, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-29160)
HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a heap buffer overflow in H5A__attr_release_table, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-29161)
HDF5 through 1.13.3 and/or 1.14.2 contains a stack buffer overflow in H5HG_read, resulting in denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-29162)
HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a heap buffer overflow in H5T__bit_find, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-29163)
HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a stack buffer overflow in H5R__decode_heap, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-29164)
HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a buffer overflow in H5Z__filter_fletcher32, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-29165)
HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 has a heap-based buffer over-read in H5VM_memcpyvv in H5VM.c (called from H5D__compact_readvv in H5Dcompact.c).(CVE-2024-32605)
HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 has a SEGV in H5A__close in H5Aint.c, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer.(CVE-2024-32607)
HDF5 library through 1.14.3 has memory corruption in H5A__close resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-32608)
HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 allows stack consumption in the function H5E_printf_stack in H5Eint.c.(CVE-2024-32609)
HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 has a SEGV in H5T_close_real in H5T.c, resulting in a corrupted instruction pointer.(CVE-2024-32610)
HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 may use an uninitialized value in H5A__attr_release_table in H5Aint.c.(CVE-2024-32611)
HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 contains a heap-based buffer over-read in H5HL__fl_deserialize in H5HLcache.c, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer, a different vulnerability than CVE-2024-32613.(CVE-2024-32612)
HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 contains a heap-based buffer over-read in the function H5HL__fl_deserialize in H5HLcache.c, a different vulnerability than…
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OESA-2024-2337- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVOESA-2024-2338
hdf5 security update
HDF5 is a data model, library, and file format for storing and managing data. It supports an unlimited variety of datatypes, and is designed for flexible and efficient I/O and for high volume and complex data. HDF5 is portable and is extensible, allowing applications to evolve in their use of HDF5. The HDF5 Technology suite includes tools and applications for managing, manipulating, viewing, and analyzing data in the HDF5 format.
Security Fix(es):
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the function H5FL_blk_malloc in H5FL.c.(CVE-2018-13871)
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is an out-of-bounds read in the function H5VM_memcpyvv in H5VM.c.(CVE-2018-13875)
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is an out of bounds read in the function H5O_pline_reset in H5Opline.c.(CVE-2018-14034)
HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a heap buffer overflow in H5HG_read, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-29157)
HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a stack buffer overflow in H5FL_arr_malloc, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-29158)
HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a buffer overflow in H5Z__filter_scaleoffset, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-29159)
HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a heap buffer overflow in H5HG__cache_heap_deserialize, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-29160)
HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a heap buffer overflow in H5A__attr_release_table, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-29161)
HDF5 through 1.13.3 and/or 1.14.2 contains a stack buffer overflow in H5HG_read, resulting in denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-29162)
HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a heap buffer overflow in H5T__bit_find, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-29163)
HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a stack buffer overflow in H5R__decode_heap, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-29164)
HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a buffer overflow in H5Z__filter_fletcher32, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-29165)
HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 has a heap-based buffer over-read in H5VM_memcpyvv in H5VM.c (called from H5D__compact_readvv in H5Dcompact.c).(CVE-2024-32605)
HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 has a SEGV in H5A__close in H5Aint.c, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer.(CVE-2024-32607)
HDF5 library through 1.14.3 has memory corruption in H5A__close resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-32608)
HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 allows stack consumption in the function H5E_printf_stack in H5Eint.c.(CVE-2024-32609)
HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 has a SEGV in H5T_close_real in H5T.c, resulting in a corrupted instruction pointer.(CVE-2024-32610)
HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 may use an uninitialized value in H5A__attr_release_table in H5Aint.c.(CVE-2024-32611)
HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 contains a heap-based buffer over-read in H5HL__fl_deserialize in H5HLcache.c, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer, a different vulnerability than CVE-2024-32613.(CVE-2024-32612)
HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 contains a heap-based buffer over-read in the function H5HL__fl_deserialize in H5HLcache.c, a different vulnerability than…
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OESA-2024-2338- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2024-2339
hdf5 security update
HDF5 is a data model, library, and file format for storing and managing data. It supports an unlimited variety of datatypes, and is designed for flexible and efficient I/O and for high volume and complex data. HDF5 is portable and is extensible, allowing applications to evolve in their use of HDF5. The HDF5 Technology suite includes tools and applications for managing, manipulating, viewing, and analyzing data in the HDF5 format.
Security Fix(es):
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the function H5FL_blk_malloc in H5FL.c.(CVE-2018-13871)
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is an out-of-bounds read in the function H5VM_memcpyvv in H5VM.c.(CVE-2018-13875)
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is an out of bounds read in the function H5O_pline_reset in H5Opline.c.(CVE-2018-14034)
HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a heap buffer overflow in H5HG_read, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-29157)
HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a stack buffer overflow in H5FL_arr_malloc, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-29158)
HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a buffer overflow in H5Z__filter_scaleoffset, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-29159)
HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a heap buffer overflow in H5HG__cache_heap_deserialize, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-29160)
HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a heap buffer overflow in H5A__attr_release_table, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-29161)
HDF5 through 1.13.3 and/or 1.14.2 contains a stack buffer overflow in H5HG_read, resulting in denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-29162)
HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a heap buffer overflow in H5T__bit_find, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-29163)
HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a stack buffer overflow in H5R__decode_heap, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-29164)
HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a buffer overflow in H5Z__filter_fletcher32, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-29165)
HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 has a heap-based buffer over-read in H5VM_memcpyvv in H5VM.c (called from H5D__compact_readvv in H5Dcompact.c).(CVE-2024-32605)
HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 has a SEGV in H5A__close in H5Aint.c, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer.(CVE-2024-32607)
HDF5 library through 1.14.3 has memory corruption in H5A__close resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-32608)
HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 allows stack consumption in the function H5E_printf_stack in H5Eint.c.(CVE-2024-32609)
HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 has a SEGV in H5T_close_real in H5T.c, resulting in a corrupted instruction pointer.(CVE-2024-32610)
HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 may use an uninitialized value in H5A__attr_release_table in H5Aint.c.(CVE-2024-32611)
HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 contains a heap-based buffer over-read in H5HL__fl_deserialize in H5HLcache.c, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer, a different vulnerability than CVE-2024-32613.(CVE-2024-32612)
HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 contains a heap-based buffer over-read in the function H5HL__fl_deserialize in H5HLcache.c, a different vulnerability than…
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OESA-2024-2339- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2024-2340
hdf5 security update
HDF5 is a data model, library, and file format for storing and managing data. It supports an unlimited variety of datatypes, and is designed for flexible and efficient I/O and for high volume and complex data. HDF5 is portable and is extensible, allowing applications to evolve in their use of HDF5. The HDF5 Technology suite includes tools and applications for managing, manipulating, viewing, and analyzing data in the HDF5 format.
Security Fix(es):
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the function H5FL_blk_malloc in H5FL.c.(CVE-2018-13871)
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is an out-of-bounds read in the function H5VM_memcpyvv in H5VM.c.(CVE-2018-13875)
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is an out of bounds read in the function H5O_pline_reset in H5Opline.c.(CVE-2018-14034)
HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a heap buffer overflow in H5HG_read, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-29157)
HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a stack buffer overflow in H5FL_arr_malloc, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-29158)
HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a buffer overflow in H5Z__filter_scaleoffset, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-29159)
HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a heap buffer overflow in H5HG__cache_heap_deserialize, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-29160)
HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a heap buffer overflow in H5A__attr_release_table, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-29161)
HDF5 through 1.13.3 and/or 1.14.2 contains a stack buffer overflow in H5HG_read, resulting in denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-29162)
HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a heap buffer overflow in H5T__bit_find, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-29163)
HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a stack buffer overflow in H5R__decode_heap, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-29164)
HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a buffer overflow in H5Z__filter_fletcher32, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-29165)
HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 has a heap-based buffer over-read in H5VM_memcpyvv in H5VM.c (called from H5D__compact_readvv in H5Dcompact.c).(CVE-2024-32605)
HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 has a SEGV in H5A__close in H5Aint.c, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer.(CVE-2024-32607)
HDF5 library through 1.14.3 has memory corruption in H5A__close resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.(CVE-2024-32608)
HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 allows stack consumption in the function H5E_printf_stack in H5Eint.c.(CVE-2024-32609)
HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 has a SEGV in H5T_close_real in H5T.c, resulting in a corrupted instruction pointer.(CVE-2024-32610)
HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 may use an uninitialized value in H5A__attr_release_table in H5Aint.c.(CVE-2024-32611)
HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 contains a heap-based buffer over-read in H5HL__fl_deserialize in H5HLcache.c, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer, a different vulnerability than CVE-2024-32613.(CVE-2024-32612)
HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 contains a heap-based buffer over-read in the function H5HL__fl_deserialize in H5HLcache.c, a different vulnerability than…
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OESA-2024-2340- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2018-13875
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is an out-of-bounds read in the function H5VM_memcpyvv in H5VM.c.
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UBUNTU-CVE-2018-13875- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
hdf5openEuler:22.03-LTS-SP4 From an advisory covering 36 CVEs |
before 1.14.5-1.oe2203sp4 | 1.14.5-1.oe2203sp4 |
hdf5openEuler:22.03-LTS-SP3 From an advisory covering 36 CVEs |
before 1.14.5-1.oe2203sp3 | 1.14.5-1.oe2203sp3 |
hdf5openEuler:22.03-LTS-SP1 From an advisory covering 36 CVEs |
before 1.14.5-1.oe2203sp1 | 1.14.5-1.oe2203sp1 |
hdf5openEuler:24.03-LTS From an advisory covering 36 CVEs |
before 1.14.5-1.oe2403 | 1.14.5-1.oe2403 |
hdf5Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.8.11-3ubuntu11.8.11-5ubuntu11.8.11-5ubuntu21.8.11-5ubuntu61.8.11-5ubuntu71.8.11-5ubuntu7.11.8.11-5ubuntu7.1+esm11.8.11-5ubuntu7.1+esm2 |
None known |
hdf5Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.8.15-patch1+docs-41.8.15-patch1+docs-51.8.16+docs-11.8.16+docs-21.8.16+docs-3 Show 6 moreShow less1.8.16+docs-3ubuntu11.8.16+docs-41.8.16+docs-4ubuntu11.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.11.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1+esm11.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1+esm2 |
None known |
hdf5Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.10.0-patch1+docs-41.10.0-patch1+docs-4ubuntu0.1~esm11.10.0-patch1+docs-4ubuntu0.1~esm2 |
None known |
hdf5Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.10.4+repack-101.10.4+repack-111.10.4+repack-11ubuntu11.10.4+repack-11ubuntu1+esm1 |
None known |
hdf5Ubuntu:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.10.6+repack-51.10.7+repack-4ubuntu11.10.7+repack-4ubuntu2 |
None known |
hdf5Ubuntu:24.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.10.8+repack1-1ubuntu11.10.10+repack-3ubuntu11.10.10+repack-3.1ubuntu31.10.10+repack-3.1ubuntu4 |
None known |
hdf5Ubuntu:25.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.14.5+repack-31.14.5+repack-3build1 |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-13875 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Hdfgroup Hdf5, published July 10, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.95%, the 61st percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/hdf5
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-13875
openeuler.org/zh/security/security-bulletins/detail?id=openEuler-SA-2024-2337
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ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-13875
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-13875
Left out here: the rest of 4 source descriptions. The JSON record has them.