CVE-2018-17439

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions HDF5 version 1.10.3

Description An issue was discovered in the HDF5 library, where a stack-based buffer overflow occurs in the function H5S extent get dims() in H5S.c. This issue is triggered while converting an HDF5 file to a GIF file.

Recommendations For version 1.10.3, consider applying a patch or fix to address the buffer overflow issue in the H5S extent get dims() function. As a temporary workaround, avoid converting HDF5 files to GIF format until a patch is available.