CVE-2016-4331
8.6
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.45%
Description
When decoding data out of a dataset encoded with the H5Z_NBIT decoding, the HDF5 1.8.16 library will fail to ensure that the precision is within the bounds of the size leading to arbitrary code execution.
How to fix CVE-2016-4331
To remediate CVE-2016-4331, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/hdf5—upgrade to 1.10.0-patch1+docs-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-4331 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.10.0-patch1+docs-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |