CVE-2016-4333

N/A
Published: November 18, 2016 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:47 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorHDF5

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%

Description

The HDF5 1.8.16 library allocating space for the array using a value from the file has an impact within the loop for initializing said array allowing a value within the file to modify the loop's terminator. Due to this, an aggressor can cause the loop's index to point outside the bounds of the array when initializing it.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

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References (4)

x_refsource_MISCExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0179/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-13

CVSS

Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119

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