CVE-2016-4332

Publication date 18 November 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.6 · High

Score breakdown

The library’s failure to check if certain message types support a particular flag, the HDF5 1.8.16 library will cast the structure to an alternative structure and then assign to fields that aren’t supported by the message type and the library will write outside the bounds of the heap buffer. This can lead to code execution under the context of the library.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that HDF5 incorrectly handled certain message types. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
hdf5 18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
17.04 zesty Ignored end of life
16.10 yakkety Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.6 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H