Out-of-bounds Write Affecting hdf5 package, versions <1.14.5+repack-1
Threat Intelligence
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- published16 Mar 2021
- disclosed24 Sept 2018
Introduced: 24 Sep 2018
CVE-2018-17439 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable hdf5 to version 1.14.5+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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.10.3 library. There is a stack-based buffer overflow in the function H5S_extent_get_dims() in H5S.c. Specifically, this issue occurs while converting an HDF5 file to a GIF file.