Medium severity · published Feb 17, 2019
CVE-2019-8396
A buffer overflow in H5O__layout_encode in H5Olayout.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.4 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HDF5 file
6.5
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A buffer overflow in H5O__layout_encode in H5Olayout.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.4 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HDF5 file. This issue was triggered while repacking an HDF5 file, aka "Invalid write of size 2."
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 71% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
HD
Hdf5 · Hdfgroup
through 1.10.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8396
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-8396
Exploit
https://github.com/magicSwordsMan/PAAFS/tree/master/vul4
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