Out-of-Bounds Affecting hdf5 package, versions <1.10.0-patch1+docs-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.34% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-HDF5-1547679
  • published18 Nov 2016
  • disclosed18 Nov 2016

Introduced: 18 Nov 2016

CVE-2016-4330  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 hdf5 to version 1.10.0-patch1+docs-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.

In the HDF5 1.8.16 library's failure to check if the number of dimensions for an array read from the file is within the bounds of the space allocated for it, a heap-based buffer overflow will occur, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.