Out-of-bounds Read Affecting hdf5 package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-HDF5-1547700
  • published16 Mar 2021
  • disclosed13 Jul 2018

Introduced: 13 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-14031  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:12 hdf5.

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 issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the function H5T_copy in H5T.c.