CVE-2016-4332 Information

Description

The library’s failure to check if certain message types support a particular flag the HDF5 1.8.16 library will cast the structure to an alternative structure and then assign to fields that aren’t supported by the message type and the library will write outside the bounds of the heap buffer. This can lead to code execution under the context of the library.

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/94417 http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0178/ 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