CVE-2016-4332

Summary

CVECVE-2016-4332
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-11-18 20:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-11-04 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Hdfgroup Hdf5 1.8.16 All All All
Application Hdfgroup Hdf5 1.8.16 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco Talos - Talos 2016 0178 MISC www.talosintelligence.com Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
HDF5 CVE-2016-4332 Local Heap Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
HDF5: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-13) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3727-1 hdf5 DEBIAN www.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710480 Gentoo Linux HDF5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-13)
  • 755807 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for hdf5 (SUSE-SU-2024:0538-1)
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