Vulnerability · Published Jan 3, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-45829
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 0.7% (higher than 53% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 46.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
HDF5 1.13.1-1 is affected by: segmentation fault, which causes a Denial of Service.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | hdf5 | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-45829 |
| Debian:13 | hdf5 | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-45829 |
| Debian:14 | hdf5 | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-45829 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | hdf5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45829 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | hdf5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45829 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | insighttoolkit5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45829 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | insighttoolkit5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45829 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | insighttoolkit5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45829 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | insighttoolkit5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45829 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | insighttoolkit5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45829 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | paraview | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45829 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | paraview | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45829 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | paraview | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45829 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | paraview | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45829 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | paraview | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45829 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/1317 x_refsource_MISC