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


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.32% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2204-HDF5-2790340
  • published17 Jan 2026
  • disclosed16 May 2018

Introduced: 16 May 2018

CVE-2018-11205  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:22.04 hdf5.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream hdf5 package and not the hdf5 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:22.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

A out of bounds read was discovered in H5VM_memcpyvv in H5VM.c in the HDF HDF5 1.10.2 library. It could allow a remote denial of service or information disclosure attack.