5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2020-10809
HDF5 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

March 22, 2020, 6:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 30, 2020, 1:22 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-10809 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Hdfgroup hdf5
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2020-10809.

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

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-10809 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 30, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 23, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bitbucket.hdfgroup.org/projects/HDFFV/repos/hdf5/browse/release_docs/RELEASE.txt No Types Assigned https://bitbucket.hdfgroup.org/projects/HDFFV/repos/hdf5/browse/release_docs/RELEASE.txt Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/Loginsoft-Research/hdf5-reports/tree/master/Vuln_1 No Types Assigned https://github.com/Loginsoft-Research/hdf5-reports/tree/master/Vuln_1 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/heap-overflow-in-decompress-c-hdf5-1-13-0/ No Types Assigned https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/heap-overflow-in-decompress-c-hdf5-1-13-0/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-787
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:hdfgroup:hdf5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.12.0
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.16 }} 0.00%

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0.50272

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