CVE-2019-8396
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.48%
Description
A buffer overflow in H5O__layout_encode in H5Olayout.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.4 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HDF5 file. This issue was triggered while repacking an HDF5 file, aka "Invalid write of size 2."
How to fix CVE-2019-8396
No fixed version has been published yet. Mitigate by removing the affected package or applying upstream guidance from the references below.
- Debian/hdf5—no fix listed
Is CVE-2019-8396 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |