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Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-4332): hdf5 vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-4332): hdf5 vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
11/18/2016
Created
11/21/2024
Added
11/19/2024
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

The library's failure to check if certain message types support a particular flag, the HDF5 1.8.16 library will cast the structure to an alternative structure and then assign to fields that aren't supported by the message type and the library will write outside the bounds of the heap buffer. This can lead to code execution under the context of the library.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-hdf5

References

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