Out-of-bounds Write Affecting hdf5 package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-HDF5-10076023
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed24 Sept 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-17433  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write via the ReadGifImageDesc() function in gifread.c. An attacker can cause a denial of service via a crafted HDF5 file that is being converted to GIF.

Note:

Version 1.10.10 can be considered a partial fix since GIF tools were disabled from the build by default, according to the official release notes.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1