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Debian: CVE-2016-4330: hdf5 -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-4330: hdf5 -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
11/18/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-hdf5

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