Name: CVE-2019-8396: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2019-02-17T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2019-8396, CWE-119, CVSS 6.5, EPSS 0.01342

A buffer overflow in H5O__layout_encode in H5Olayout.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.4 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HDF5 file. This issue was triggered while repacking an HDF5 file, aka "Invalid write of size 2."

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 6.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	No solution existsUpgrade hdf5	May 15, 2025	Feb 17, 2019
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