CVE-2021-45833 — Out-of-bounds Write in Hdf5

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 50.11%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Hdfgroup Hdf5Debian Hdf5
Timeline
PublishedJan 5
Latest updateJan 6

Description

A Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability exists in HDF5 1.13.1-1 via the H5D__create_chunk_file_map_hyper function in /hdf5/src/H5Dchunk.c, which causes a Denial of Service (context-dependent).

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 1.14.5+repack-1 (forky)
▶Debianhdfgroup/hdf5< 1.14.5+repack-1+1
▶NVDhdfgroup/hdf51.13.1-1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-x57p-jwp6-4v79: A Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability exists in HDF5 1↗2022-01-06
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OSV
CVE-2021-45833: A Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability exists in HDF5 1↗2022-01-05
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
hdf5: stack buffer overflow in the H5D__create_chunk_file_map_hyper function↗2022-01-05
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Debian
CVE-2021-45833: hdf5 - A Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability exists in HDF5 1.13.1-1 via the H5D_...↗2021
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