CVE-2020-10809

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 v3 5.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://bitbucket.hdfgroup.org/projects/HDFFV/repos/hdf5/browse/release_docs/RELEASE.txt	Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Loginsoft-Research/hdf5-reports/tree/master/Vuln_1	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/heap-overflow-in-decompress-c-hdf5-1-13-0/	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:hdfgroup:hdf5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2020-03-22 18:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:27

NVD link : CVE-2020-10809

Mitre link : CVE-2020-10809

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-10809

JSON object : View

Products Affected

hdfgroup

hdf5

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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