Bug 2172361 (CVE-2022-25972) - CVE-2022-25972 hdf5: HDF5 Group libhdf5 gif2h5 out-of-bounds write vulnerability
Summary: CVE-2022-25972 hdf5: HDF5 Group libhdf5 gif2h5 out-of-bounds write vulnerability
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2022-25972
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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high
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2172421 2172422 2172420
Blocks: 2172266
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2023-02-22 05:51 UTC by Avinash Hanwate
Modified: 2023-02-22 16:37 UTC (History)
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A flaw was found in the hdf5 package. 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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Last Closed: 2023-02-22 16:37:14 UTC
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Description Avinash Hanwate 2023-02-22 05:51:23 UTC 
An out-of-bounds write 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-2022-1485
Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2023-02-22 10:48:19 UTC 
Created hdf5 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2172421]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2172420]
Affects: openstack-rdo [bug 2172422]
Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2023-02-22 16:37:12 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-2022-25972
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