CVE-2016-4332
8.6
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.11%
Description
The library's failure to check if certain message types support a particular flag, the HDF5 1.8.16 library will cast the structure to an alternative structure and then assign to fields that aren't supported by the message type and the library will write outside the bounds of the heap buffer. This can lead to code execution under the context of the library.
How to fix CVE-2016-4332
To remediate CVE-2016-4332, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.10.0-patch1+docs-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-4332 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, 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 |