Vulnerability · Published Mar 22, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-10809
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the hdf5 package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.5% (higher than 75% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.5%top 24.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in HDF5 through 1.12.0. A heap-based buffer overflow exists in the function Decompress() located in decompress.c. It can be triggered by sending a crafted file to the gif2h5 binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | hdf5 | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-10809 |
| Debian:13 | hdf5 | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-10809 |
| Debian:14 | hdf5 | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-10809 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | hdf5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10809 |