CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2020-10812

An issue was discovered in HDF5 through 1.12.0. A NULL pointer dereference exists in the function H5F_get_nrefs() located in H5Fquery.c. 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://github.com/Loginsoft-Research/hdf5-reports/tree/master/Vuln_4 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/null-pointer-dereference-in-h5fquery-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
Configurations

Configuration 1

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

Published : 2020-03-22 06:15

Updated : 2020-04-30 01:23

NVD link : CVE-2020-10812

Mitre link : CVE-2020-10812

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-476