Multiple vulnerabilities in HDF5



| Updated: 2023-03-09
Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 4
CVE-ID CVE-2020-10810
CVE-2020-10809
CVE-2020-10811
CVE-2020-10812
CWE-ID CWE-476
CWE-122
CWE-125
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 HDF5
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor HDF Group

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 4 vulnerabilities.

1) NULL pointer dereference

EUVDB-ID: #VU26293

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10810

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in the H5AC_unpin_entry() function located in H5AC.c. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

HDF5: 1.0.0 - 1.12.0

CPE2.3 External links

https://bitbucket.hdfgroup.org/projects/HDFFV/repos/hdf5/browse/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
https://github.com/Loginsoft-Research/hdf5-reports/tree/master/Vuln_3
https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/null-pointer-dereference-in-h5ac-c-hdf5-1-13-0/


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Heap-based buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU26294

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10809

CWE-ID: CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the Decompress() function in decompress.c. A remote attacker can exploit the vulnerability by sending a crafted file to the gif2h5 binary, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

HDF5: 1.0.0 - 1.12.0

CPE2.3 External links

https://bitbucket.hdfgroup.org/projects/HDFFV/repos/hdf5/browse/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
https://github.com/Loginsoft-Research/hdf5-reports/tree/master/Vuln_1
https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/heap-overflow-in-decompress-c-hdf5-1-13-0/


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

3) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU26295

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 2.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10811

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in the H5O__layout_decode() function in H5Olayout.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system or perform a denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

HDF5: 1.0.0 - 1.12.0

CPE2.3 External links

https://bitbucket.hdfgroup.org/projects/HDFFV/repos/hdf5/browse/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
https://github.com/Loginsoft-Research/hdf5-reports/tree/master/Vuln_2
https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/heap-buffer-overflow-in-h5olayout-c-hdf5-1-13-0/


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

4) NULL pointer dereference

EUVDB-ID: #VU26296

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10812

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in the H5F_get_nrefs() function in H5Fquery.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

HDF5: 1.0.0 - 1.12.0

CPE2.3 External links

https://bitbucket.hdfgroup.org/projects/HDFFV/repos/hdf5/browse/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
https://github.com/Loginsoft-Research/hdf5-reports/tree/master/Vuln_4
https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/null-pointer-dereference-in-h5fquery-c-hdf5-1-13-0/


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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