Buffer overflow in HDF5 - CVE-2021-45829

 

Buffer overflow in HDF5 - CVE-2021-45829

Published: November 2, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU68913
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-45829
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: HDF Group
Affected software:
HDF5

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2021-45829

Install updates from vendor's website.

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