Buffer Over-read Affecting hdf5 package, versions [,1.10.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
1.33% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-HDF5-8688134
  • published5 Feb 2025
  • disclosed5 Feb 2025
  • creditTeamSeri0us

Introduced: 5 Feb 2025

NewCVE-2018-13873  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-126  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade hdf5 to version 1.10.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Over-read via the H5O_chunk_deserialize function in the H5Ocache.c file.

References

CVSS Scores

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