CVE-2021-46243

MEDIUM

HDF5 1.13.1-1 - Denial of Service via Untrusted Pointer Dereference in H5O__dtype_decode_helper

Title source: llm

Description

An untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability exists in HDF5 v1.13.1-1 via the function H5O__dtype_decode_helper () at hdf5/src/H5Odtype.c. This vulnerability can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS).

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/1326

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0095

EPSS Percentile 56.9%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-476

Status published

Products (1)

hdfgroup/hdf5 1.13.1-1

Published Jan 21, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026