CVE-2020-10809

MEDIUM

HDF5 < 1.12.0 - Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in Decompress Function

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in HDF5 through 1.12.0. A heap-based buffer overflow exists in the function Decompress() located in decompress.c. It can be triggered by sending a crafted file to the gif2h5 binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/Loginsoft-Research/hdf5-reports/tree/master/Vuln_1

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0151
EPSS Percentile 71.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (1)
hdfgroup/hdf5 < 1.12.0
Published Mar 22, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026