Out-of-bounds Read Affecting hdf5 package, versions <1.10.8+repack-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.63% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-HDF5-1547667
  • published16 May 2018
  • disclosed16 May 2018

Introduced: 16 May 2018

CVE-2018-11206  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 hdf5 to version 1.10.8+repack-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream hdf5 package and not the hdf5 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

An out of bounds read was discovered in H5O_fill_new_decode and H5O_fill_old_decode in H5Ofill.c in the HDF HDF5 1.10.2 library. It could allow a remote denial of service or information disclosure attack.