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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.24% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-HDF5-370622
  • published18 Nov 2016
  • disclosed18 Nov 2016

Introduced: 18 Nov 2016

CVE-2016-4331  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

When decoding data out of a dataset encoded with the H5Z_NBIT decoding, the HDF5 1.8.16 library will fail to ensure that the precision is within the bounds of the size leading to arbitrary code execution.