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Use After Free

CVE-2021-46242

High
8.8/10

Summary

The package hdf5 versions prior to hdf5-1_14_0 was discovered to contain a heap-use-after free via the component "H5AC_unpin_entry".

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

CWE-416 - Use After Free

Use-after-free (UaF) vulnerability occurs when the application is using a pointer to memory that has been freed. Any attempt to read/write to a buffer after it is de-allocated allows memory corruption, sensitive information exposure, and can potentially lead to arbitrary code execution.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published