VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-10809
A heap-based buffer overflow exists in the function Decompress() located in decompress.c.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.55%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.55%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An issue was discovered in HDF5 through 1.12.0. A heap-based buffer overflow exists in the function Decompress() located in decompress.c. It can be triggered by sending a crafted file to the gif2h5 binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.55% probability · 74th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- hdfgroup/hdf5
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://bitbucket.hdfgroup.org/projects/HDFFV/repos/hdf5/browse/release_docs/RELEASE.txtRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Loginsoft-Research/hdf5-reports/tree/master/Vuln_1Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/heap-overflow-in-decompress-c-hdf5-1-13-0/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://bitbucket.hdfgroup.org/projects/HDFFV/repos/hdf5/browse/release_docs/RELEASE.txtRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Loginsoft-Research/hdf5-reports/tree/master/Vuln_1Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/heap-overflow-in-decompress-c-hdf5-1-13-0/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.