CVE-2019-8396 Memory corruption in n/a
Attackers can cause denial of service via a crafted HDF5 file due to a buffer overflow in the HDF5 library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-8396?
CVE-2019-8396 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Hdfgroup Hdf5, published on 17 Feb 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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."
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-8396?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Hdfgroup Hdf5.
How do I fix CVE-2019-8396?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2019-8396 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-8396 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Hdfgroup Hdf5
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-8396, ECHO-3fe5-8549-4028, GHSA-h653-rw9w-9phr, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2019-8396, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-8396.