CVE-2016-4330
In the HDF5 1.8.16 library's failure to check if the number of dimensions for an array read from the file is within the bounds of the space allocated for it, a heap-based buffer overflow will occur, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.
- Score
- CVSS 3.0 8.6 High
- Status
- Modified - cret@cert.org
- Published
- 2016-11-18
- Last modified
- 2024-08-06
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Affected products
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3727
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94414
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0176/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-13
