CVE-2021-37501

Published: 3 February 2023

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in HDFGroup hdf5-h5dump 1.12.0 through 1.13.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via h5tools_str_sprint in /hdf5/tools/lib/h5tools_str.c.

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
hdf5 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Needs triage
	jammy	Needs triage
	kinetic	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	lunar	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	mantic	Needs triage
	trusty	Needs triage
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needs triage

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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