CVE-2020-10810 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Hdf5

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer DereferenceCWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer8 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 37.80%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Hdfgroup Hdf5Debian Hdf5
Timeline
PublishedMar 22
Latest updateMay 24

Description

An issue was discovered in HDF5 through 1.12.0. A NULL pointer dereference exists in the function H5AC_unpin_entry() located in H5AC.c. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/hdf5< hdf5 1.10.8+repack-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianhdfgroup/hdf5< 1.10.8+repack-1+2
▶NVDhdfgroup/hdf51.12.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-hc6g-pjf5-5gr6: An issue was discovered in HDF5 through 1↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2020-10810: An issue was discovered in HDF5 through 1↗2020-03-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Red Hat
hdf5: Null pointer dereference in function H5AC_unpin_entry() in H5AC.c↗2020-03-22
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Debian
CVE-2020-10810: hdf5 - An issue was discovered in HDF5 through 1.12.0. A NULL pointer dereference exist...↗2020
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-10810 hdf5: Null pointer dereference in function H5AC_unpin_entry() in H5AC.c↗2020-04-24
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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-10810 hdf5: Null pointer dereference in function H5AC_unpin_entry() in H5AC.c [fedora-all]↗2020-04-24
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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-10810 hdf5: Null pointer dereference in function H5AC_unpin_entry() in H5AC.c [epel-all]↗2020-04-24
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