CVE-2024-29160 Affecting hdf5 package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-HDF5-7323752
  • published21 Jun 2024
  • disclosed10 May 2024

Introduced: 10 May 2024

CVE-2024-29160  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 hdf5.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream hdf5 package and not the hdf5 package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a heap buffer overflow in H5HG__cache_heap_deserialize, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.