Bug 2172362 (CVE-2022-25942)

Summary: CVE-2022-25942 hdf5: HDF5 Group libhdf5 gif2h5 out-of-bounds read vulnerability
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Avinash Hanwate <ahanwate>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: eglynn, hbrock, jjoyce, jslagle, lhh, mburns, mgarciac, rhos-maint, spower
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An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in the gif2h5 functionality of HDF5 Group libhdf5. A specially-crafted GIF file can lead to code execution. This flaw allows an attacker to provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.
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Bug Depends On: 2172425, 2172426, 2172424    
Bug Blocks: 2172266    

Description Avinash Hanwate 2023-02-22 05:55:29 UTC
An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the gif2h5 functionality of HDF5 Group libhdf5 1.10.4. A specially-crafted GIF file can lead to code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1486

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2023-02-22 10:49:08 UTC
Created hdf5 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2172425]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2172424]
Affects: openstack-rdo [bug 2172426]

Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2023-02-22 16:38:09 UTC
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2022-25942