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Out-of-bounds Write

CVE-2022-26061

High
7.8/10

Summary

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the 'gif2h5' functionality of HDF5 Group libhdf5. A specially-crafted GIF file can lead to code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-787 - Out-of-Bounds Write

Out-of-bounds write vulnerability is a memory access bug that allows software to write data past the end or before the beginning of the intended buffer. This may result in the corruption of data, a crash, or arbitrary code execution.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published