CVE-2016-4330 Information

Description

In the HDF5 1.8.16 library’s failure to check if the number of dimensions for an array read from the file is within the bounds of the space allocated for it a heap-based buffer overflow will occur potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3727 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94414 http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0176/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-13

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

CHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.6