Out-of-bounds Read Affecting hdf5 package, versions <1.10.7+repack-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.33% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-HDF5-5498562
  • published7 May 2023
  • disclosed10 Jul 2018

Introduced: 10 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-13870  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 hdf5 to version 1.10.7+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 issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the function H5O_link_decode in H5Olink.c.