Description
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the function H5G_ent_decode in H5Gent.c.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/hdf5
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0043
EPSS Percentile
62.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (1)
hdfgroup/hdf5
1.8.20
Published
Jul 10, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026