CVE-2016-4330
HIGH8.6EPSS 0.44%hdf5 - security update
Published: 11/18/2016Modified: 4/28/2026
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 packages (3)
- Debian/hdf5from 0, < 1.10.0-patch1+docs-1
- Debian/hdf5from 0, < 1.8.8-9+deb7u1
- Debian/hdf5from 0, < 1.8.13+docs-15+deb8u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |