CVE-2020-18494 — Out-of-bounds Write in Hdf5

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds WriteCWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer5 documents5 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.9%
top 24.45%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Hdfgroup Hdf5Debian Hdf5
Timeline
PublishedAug 22

Description

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in function H5S_close in H5S.c in HDF5 1.10.4 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary code via creation of crafted file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶debiandebian/hdf5
▶NVDhdfgroup/hdf51.10.4

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-g48j-g3ph-v49c: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in function H5S_close in H5S↗2023-08-22
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OSV
CVE-2020-18494: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in function H5S_close in H5S↗2023-08-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
hdf5: Buffer overflow in function H5S_close at H5S.c↗2023-08-22
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Debian
CVE-2020-18494: hdf5 - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in function H5S_close in H5S.c in HDF5 1.10.4 allo...↗2020
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