HDF5 up to 1.12.0 gif2h5 decompress.c Decompress out-of-bounds write

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in HDF5 up to 1.12.0. Affected is the function Decompress of the file decompress.c of the component gif2h5. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-10809. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in HDF5 up to 1.12.0 (Database Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects the function Decompress of the file decompress.c of the component gif2h5. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in HDF5 through 1.12.0. A heap-based buffer overflow exists in the function Decompress() located in decompress.c. It can be triggered by sending a crafted file to the gif2h5 binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service.

The weakness was disclosed 03/22/2020. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-10809 since 03/22/2020. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

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 write
CWE: CWE-787 / 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

03/22/2020 🔍
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03/23/2020 +1 days 🔍
05/11/2025 +1875 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bitbucket.hdfgroup.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-10809 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-10809
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-151997
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2020 09:22
Updated: 05/11/2025 02:52
Changes: 03/23/2020 09:22 (37), 03/23/2020 09:27 (18), 04/18/2024 19:25 (17), 05/11/2025 02:52 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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