CVE-2020-10809

An issue was discovered in HDF5 through 1.12.0. A heap-based buffer overflow exists in the function Decompress() located in decompress.c. It can be triggered by sending a crafted file to the gif2h5 binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service.

CVSS v3.1

5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0

4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

1.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 73th percentile

Published

2020-03-22

Updated

2024-08-04

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

• Loginsoft-Research/hdf5-reports/tree/master/Vuln_1
• https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/heap-overflow-in-decompress-c-hdf5-1-13-0/

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2020-10810
• CVE-2020-10811
• CVE-2020-10812
• CVE-2020-10808
• CVE-2020-10770
• CVE-2020-10759