CVE-2016-4333 (GCVE-0-2016-4333)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-11-18 20:00
Modified
2024-08-06 00:25
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The HDF5 1.8.16 library allocating space for the array using a value from the file has an impact within the loop for initializing said array allowing a value within the file to modify the loop's terminator. Due to this, an aggressor can cause the loop's index to point outside the bounds of the array when initializing it.
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