What is CVE-2021-37501?

CVE-2021-37501 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hdfgroup Hdf5, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-02-03.

How severe is CVE-2021-37501?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Hdfgroup Hdf5

CVE-2021-37501

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in HDFGroup hdf5-h5dump 1.12.0 through 1.13.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via h5tools_str_sprint in /hdf5/tools/lib/h5tools_str.c.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.015 (72.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Hdfgroup Hdf5
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (Product, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-37501?: CVE-2021-37501 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hdfgroup Hdf5, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-02-03.
How severe is CVE-2021-37501?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.