Out-of-bounds Read Affecting hdf5 package, versions [,1.13.1)[1.14.0,1.14.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.41% (61st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-HDF5-10076028
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed22 Mar 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Mar 2020

CVE-2020-10811  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade hdf5 to version 1.13.1, 1.14.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read in the function H5O__layout_decode() located in H5Olayout.c. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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