CVE-2016-4330 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2016-4330 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 0.44% · 63.1th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.44%

63.1th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	hdf5	0, 1.8.11-3ubuntu1, 1.8.11-5ubuntu1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	hdf5	0, 1.8.15-patch1+docs-4, 1.8.15-patch1+docs-5

Timeline

Nov 18, 2016 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4330 third-party-advisory
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0176/ third-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4330 third-party-advisory

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