Name: CVE-2024-29166: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2024-05-14T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2024-29166, CVSS 5.7, EPSS 0.00213

HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a buffer overflow in H5O__linfo_decode, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.7
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade hdf5	May 15, 2025	May 14, 2024
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