VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-4331

CVSS score8.6 HIGH
EPSS probability0.76%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-11-18
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

When decoding data out of a dataset encoded with the H5Z_NBIT decoding, the HDF5 1.8.16 library will fail to ensure that the precision is within the bounds of the size leading to arbitrary code execution.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Primary references