CVE-2020-10812 — 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
0.2%
top 62.40%
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 H5F_get_nrefs() located in H5Fquery.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 Packages2 packages

▶NVDhdfgroup/hdf51.12.0
▶debiandebian/hdf5

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-g838-rwc8-xv7q: An issue was discovered in HDF5 through 1↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2020-10812: An issue was discovered in HDF5 through 1↗2020-03-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
hdf5: Null pointer dereference in function H5F_get_nrefs() in H5Fquery.c↗2020-03-22
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Debian
CVE-2020-10812: 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-2020-10812 hdf5: Null pointer dereference in function H5F_get_nrefs() in H5Fquery.c [fedora-all]↗2020-04-24
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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-10812 hdf5: Null pointer dereference in function H5F_get_nrefs() in H5Fquery.c↗2020-04-24
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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-10812 hdf5: Null pointer dereference in function H5F_get_nrefs() in H5Fquery.c [epel-all]↗2020-04-24
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