Bug 1397701 (CVE-2016-4330) - CVE-2016-4330 hdf5: H5T_ARRAY heap buffer overflow
Summary: CVE-2016-4330 hdf5: H5T_ARRAY heap buffer overflow
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2016-4330
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1397715 1397716 1413825 1470478
Blocks: 1397712
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Reported: 2016-11-23 08:41 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2021-02-17 03:00 UTC (History)
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Multiple heap overflows were found in HDF5. These issues could be used to gain code execution in any program that exposes the affected functions to untrusted input. While HDF5 is shipped as a dependency, no Red Hat products are known to expose these issues in any supported use case at this time.
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Last Closed: 2020-05-20 21:15:55 UTC
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Description Andrej Nemec 2016-11-23 08:41:28 UTC 
The vulnerability exists due to the library’s failure to check if the number of dimensions for an array read from the file is within the bounds of the space allocated for it. When reading elements from the file into this array, a heap-based buffer overflow will occur, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.

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http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0176/
Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2016-11-23 08:54:57 UTC 
Created hdf5 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1397715]
Affects: epel-all [bug 1397716]
Comment 3 Kurt Seifried 2017-07-13 02:38:46 UTC 
Created hdf5 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: openshift-1 [bug 1470478]
Comment 4 Product Security DevOps Team 2020-05-20 21:15:55 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-2016-4330
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