CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-4330
8.6 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-11-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.6 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• hdfgroup hdf5 1.8.16
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3727 www.debian.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94414 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0176/ Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-13 security.gentoo.org
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3727 www.debian.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94414 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0176/ Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-13 security.gentoo.org