CVE-2020-10809
Estado: ModificadaMedia (5.5)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 5.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 1.55%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 74
- Fecha de la puntuación: 7/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-787
Referencias
- https://bitbucket.hdfgroup.org/projects/HDFFV/repos/hdf5/browse/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
- https://github.com/Loginsoft-Research/hdf5-reports/tree/master/Vuln_1
- https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/heap-overflow-in-decompress-c-hdf5-1-13-0/
- https://bitbucket.hdfgroup.org/projects/HDFFV/repos/hdf5/browse/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
- https://github.com/Loginsoft-Research/hdf5-reports/tree/master/Vuln_1
- https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/heap-overflow-in-decompress-c-hdf5-1-13-0/
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