| Name | CVE-2019-8396 |
| 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." |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| NVD severity | medium |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| hdf5 (PTS) | stretch | 1.10.0-patch1+docs-3+deb9u1 | undetermined |
| buster | 1.10.4+repack-10 | undetermined | |
| bullseye | 1.10.6+repack-4 | undetermined | |
| bookworm | 1.10.6+repack-5 | undetermined | |
| sid | 1.10.7+repack-1 | undetermined |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| hdf5 | source | (unstable) | undetermined |
https://github.com/magicSwordsMan/PAAFS/tree/master/vul4
https://jira.hdfgroup.org/browse/HDFFV-10712
HDFFV-10712 is marked to be closed in a future 1.10.8 upstream release.
Upstream fix was made in May 2021 after the 1.12.0 release (Mar 2020)