Hdf5
CVE-2018-13869
CRITICAL
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionNVD
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is a memcpy parameter overlap in the function H5O_link_decode in H5Olink.c.
AnalysisAI
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified as Buffer Overflow (CWE-119), which allows attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application. An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is a memcpy parameter overlap in the function H5O_link_decode in H5Olink.c. Affected products include: Hdfgroup Hdf5.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Use memory-safe languages or bounds-checking. Enable ASLR, DEP/NX, stack canaries. Use safe string functions.
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remote
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remote
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remote
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remote
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remote
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remote
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remote
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remote
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remote
In HDF5 1.10.1, there is an out of bounds write vulnerability in the function H5G__ent_decode_vec in H5Gcache.c in libhd
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.10.4 library. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely e
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.10.4 library. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely e
Same weakness CWE-119 – Buffer Overflow
View allSame technique Buffer Overflow
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