CVE-2016-4330 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00442.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Hdfgroup	Hdf5

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:hdfgroup:hdf5:1.8.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3727
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94414
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0176/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4330
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-13
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4330

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published: 2016-11-18T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:25:14.493Z

Reserved: 2016-04-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-4330

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-11-18T20:59:00.317

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-4330

Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-4330 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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