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Out-of-bounds Read

CVE-2019-8397

Severity Medium
Score 6.5/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.10.4 library. There is an out of bounds read in the function H5T_close_real in H5T.c.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-125 - Out-of-Bounds Read

Out-of-bounds read is a vulnerability that allows access to memory beyond the authorized accessible location. Such a vulnerability compromises the confidentiality of the trusted environment in the application and enables an attacker to launch further attacks by leveraging the exposed information.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published