Out-of-bounds Write Affecting hdf5 package, versions [,2.0.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
1.55% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-HDF5-2370960
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed22 Mar 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Mar 2020

CVE-2020-10809  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade hdf5 to version 2.0.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write via the function Decompress() in decompress.c. An attacker can cause a denial of service by sending a crafted file to the gif2h5 binary.

Note:

Version 1.10.10 can be considered a partial fix since GIF tools were disabled from the build by default, according to the official release notes.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1