What is CVE-2016-4331?

CVE-2016-4331 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hdfgroup Hdf5, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2016-11-18.

How severe is CVE-2016-4331?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Hdfgroup Hdf5

CVE-2016-4331

When decoding data out of a dataset encoded with the H5Z_NBIT decoding, the HDF5 1.8.16 library will fail to ensure that the precision is within the bounds of the size leading to arbitrary code execution.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.004 (64.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.6 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Hdfgroup Hdf5 — versions 1.8.16
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cret@cert.org (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
94411 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
GLSA-201701-13 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
DSA-3727 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-4331?: CVE-2016-4331 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hdfgroup Hdf5, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2016-11-18.
How severe is CVE-2016-4331?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.