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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
5.5 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
mitreCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 36%
VendorProductVersion
hdfgrouphdf5
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≤ 1.12.0
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
hdf5
bullseye
unimportant
bookworm
unimportant
sid
unimportant
trixie
unimportant
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
hdf5
noble
needs-triage
mantic
ignored
lunar
ignored
kinetic
ignored
jammy
needs-triage
impish
ignored
hirsute
ignored
groovy
ignored
focal
needs-triage
eoan
ignored
bionic
needs-triage
xenial
needs-triage
trusty
needs-triage
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://bitbucket.hdfgroup.org/projects/HDFFV/repos/hdf5/browse/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
https://github.com/Loginsoft-Research/hdf5-reports/tree/master/Vuln_1
https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/heap-overflow-in-decompress-c-hdf5-1-13-0/
https://bitbucket.hdfgroup.org/projects/HDFFV/repos/hdf5/browse/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
https://github.com/Loginsoft-Research/hdf5-reports/tree/master/Vuln_1
https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/heap-overflow-in-decompress-c-hdf5-1-13-0/