What is CVE-2020-10812?

CVE-2020-10812 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hdfgroup Hdf5, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-03-22.

How severe is CVE-2020-10812?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Hdfgroup Hdf5

CVE-2020-10812

An issue was discovered in HDF5 through 1.12.0. A NULL pointer dereference exists in the function H5F_get_nrefs() located in H5Fquery.c. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service.

EPSS: 0.015 (71.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Hdfgroup Hdf5
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-10812?: CVE-2020-10812 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hdfgroup Hdf5, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-03-22.
How severe is CVE-2020-10812?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.