fkie_cve-2016-4330
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2016-11-18 20:59
Modified
2025-04-12 10:46
Severity ?
8.6 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In the HDF5 1.8.16 library's failure to check if the number of dimensions for an array read from the file is within the bounds of the space allocated for it, a heap-based buffer overflow will occur, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.
References
cret@cert.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3727
cret@cert.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94414
cret@cert.orghttp://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0176/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
cret@cert.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-13
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3727
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94414
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0176/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-13
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
hdfgroup hdf5 1.8.16


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