Buffer overflow in HDF5 - CVE-2019-8396
Published: November 2, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU68914
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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-2019-8396
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
HDF5
HDF5
Software vendor:
HDF Group
HDF Group
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the H5O__layout_encode function in H5Olayout.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger a buffer buffer overflow and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.