CVE-2020-10811
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 22, 2020 at 05:42 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:48 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorHDF5
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
An issue was discovered in HDF5 through 1.12.0. A heap-based buffer over-read exists in the function H5O__layout_decode() located in H5Olayout.c. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 1.12.0
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bitbucket.hdfgroup.org/projects/HDFFV/repos/hdf5/browse/release_docs/RELEASE.txtx_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/Loginsoft-Research/hdf5-reports/tree/master/Vuln_2x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/heap-buffer-overflow-in-h5olayout-c-hdf5-1-13-0/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125
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