CVE-2016-4333

high

Published 2016-11-18 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

8.6

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.6

Description

The HDF5 1.8.16 library allocating space for the array using a value from the file has an impact within the loop for initializing said array allowing a value within the file to modify the loop's terminator. Due to this, an aggressor can cause the loop's index to point outside the bounds of the array when initializing it.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

81%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1.10.0-patch1+docs-1`
sid	Fixed	`1.10.0-patch1+docs-1`
forky	Fixed	`1.10.0-patch1+docs-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`1.10.0-patch1+docs-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`1.10.0-patch1+docs-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
hdfgroup	hdf5	`1.8.16`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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