HDF5 1.8.20 H5Ofill.c H5O_fill_new_decode heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in HDF5 1.8.20. The impacted element is the function H5O_fill_new_decode of the file H5Ofill.c. The manipulation results in heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2018-14032. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in HDF5 1.8.20 (Database Software). Affected is the function H5O_fill_new_decode of the file H5Ofill.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the function H5O_fill_new_decode in H5Ofill.c, related to HDmemcpy.

The bug was discovered 07/10/2018. The weakness was disclosed 07/13/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-14032 since 07/12/2018. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The entries VDB-121391, VDB-121393, VDB-121394 and VDB-121395 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Timelineinfo

07/10/2018 🔍
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07/13/2018 +1 days 🔍
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03/04/2020 +600 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-14032 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-14032
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-121392
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/13/2018 12:23
Updated: 03/04/2020 15:42
Changes: 07/13/2018 12:23 (43), 03/04/2020 15:42 (1)
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