What is CVE-2016-4333?

CVE-2016-4333 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hdfgroup Hdf5, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2016-11-18.

How severe is CVE-2016-4333?

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

Buffer overflow in Hdfgroup Hdf5

CVE-2016-4333

The HDF5 1.8.16 library allocating space for the array using a value from the file has an impact within the loop for initializing said array allowing a value within the file to modify the loop's terminator. Due to this, an aggressor can ca…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (48.5th 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-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cret@cert.org (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
94416 (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-2016-4333?: CVE-2016-4333 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hdfgroup Hdf5, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2016-11-18.
How severe is CVE-2016-4333?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.