VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-4332
This can lead to code execution under the context of the library.
HIGH 8.6EPSS 0.81%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.81%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The library's failure to check if certain message types support a particular flag, the HDF5 1.8.16 library will cast the structure to an alternative structure and then assign to fields that aren't supported by the message type and the library will write outside the bounds of the heap buffer. This can lead to code execution under the context of the library.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.6 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.81% probability · 55th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- hdfgroup/hdf5
- Source
- cret@cert.org
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3727
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94417
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0178/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-13
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3727
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94417
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0178/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-13
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.