Description
An issue was discovered in HDF5 through 1.12.0. A heap-based buffer over-read exists in the function H5O__layout_decode() located in H5Olayout.c. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bitbucket.hdfgroup.org/projects/HDFFV/repos/hdf5/browse/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/heap-buffer-overflow-in-h5olayout-c-hdf5-1-13-0/
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/Loginsoft-Research/hdf5-reports/tree/master/Vuln_2
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0043
EPSS Percentile
62.6%
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-125
Status
published
Products (1)
hdfgroup/hdf5
< 1.12.0
Published
Mar 22, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026