CVE-2020-10809

Description

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.

Weakness classification

• CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Primary references

• cve@mitre.org — Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
• cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Third Party Advisory