Out-of-bounds Write Affecting hdf5 package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-HDF5-2370964
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed24 Sept 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-17436  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for hdf5.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write. ReadCode() in decompress.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write access) via a crafted HDF5 file. This issue was triggered while converting a GIF file to an HDF file.

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