CVE-2019-8396Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Hdf5

Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 34.82%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedFeb 17
Latest updateMay 14

Description

A buffer overflow in H5O__layout_encode in H5Olayout.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.4 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HDF5 file. This issue was triggered while repacking an HDF5 file, aka "Invalid write of size 2."

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

debiandebian/hdf5< hdf5 1.14.5+repack-1 (forky)
Debianhdfgroup/hdf5< 1.14.5+repack-1+1
NVDhdfgroup/hdf51.10.4

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-h653-rw9w-9phr: A buffer overflow in H5O__layout_encode in H5Olayout2022-05-14
OSV
CVE-2019-8396: A buffer overflow in H5O__layout_encode in H5Olayout2019-02-17

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
hdf5: buffer overflow in function H5O__layout_encode in H5Olayout.c2019-01-27
Debian
CVE-2019-8396: hdf5 - A buffer overflow in H5O__layout_encode in H5Olayout.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1...2019

💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-8396 hdf5: buffer overflow in function H5O__layout_encode in H5Olayout.c [fedora-all]2019-02-18
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-8396 hdf5: buffer overflow in function H5O__layout_encode in H5Olayout.c2019-02-18