HDF5 1.8.20 H5Osdspace.c H5O_sdspace_decode out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in HDF5 1.8.20 and classified as critical. This affects the function H5O_sdspace_decode of the file H5Osdspace.c. Such manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-14460. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in HDF5 1.8.20 (Database Software). Affected by this issue is the function H5O_sdspace_decode of the file H5Osdspace.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is 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_sdspace_decode in H5Osdspace.c.

The bug was discovered 07/20/2018. The weakness was disclosed 07/20/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-14460 since 07/20/2018. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

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

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

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07/21/2018 +1 days 🔍
03/09/2020 +597 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-14460 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-14460
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-122042

Entryinfo

Created: 07/21/2018 09:54
Updated: 03/09/2020 09:22
Changes: 07/21/2018 09:54 (56), 03/09/2020 09:22 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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