CVE Vulnerability

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.

4.3 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

5.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

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

References
Link Resource
https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/heap-overflow-in-decompress-c-hdf5-1-13-0/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
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
Configurations

Configuration 1

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

Published : 2020-03-22 06:15

Updated : 2020-04-30 01:22

NVD link : CVE-2020-10809

Mitre link : CVE-2020-10809

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-787