Name: CVE-2018-13872: Out-of-bounds Write
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2018-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2018-13872, CWE-787, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.01853

An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the function H5G_ent_decode in H5Gent.c.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Redhat_linux	—	No solution exists	Jul 9, 2025	Jul 10, 2018

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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