HDF5 up to 1.14.3 H5MM.c H5MM_xstrdup heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in HDF5 up to 1.14.3. This affects the function H5MM_xstrdup of the file H5MM.c. Executing a manipulation can lead to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-32617. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in HDF5 up to 1.14.3. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function H5MM_xstrdup of the file H5MM.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 contains a heap-based buffer over-read caused by the unsafe use of strdup in H5MM_xstrdup in H5MM.c (called from H5G__ent_to_link in H5Glink.c).

The advisory is shared for download at hdfgroup.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-32617 since 04/16/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 08/20/2024).

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: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

04/16/2024 🔍
05/09/2024 +23 days 🔍
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08/20/2024 +103 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: hdfgroup.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-32617 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-32617
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-263716

Entryinfo

Created: 05/09/2024 19:28
Updated: 08/20/2024 18:34
Changes: 05/09/2024 19:28 (53), 08/20/2024 18:34 (13)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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