PT-2016-5892 · Hdf+1 · Hdf5+1

Published 2016-11-18 · Updated 2024-09-05 · CVE-2016-4332

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.6

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions HDF5 version 1.8.16

Description The issue arises from the library's failure to check if certain message types support a particular flag. As a result, the library will cast the structure to an alternative structure and then assign to fields that aren't supported by the message type, leading to a heap buffer overflow. This can result in code execution under the context of the library.

Recommendations For HDF5 version 1.8.16, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, as the current version can lead to code execution due to the heap buffer overflow. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-4332

DLA-771-1

DSA-3727-1

MGASA-2016-0425

OPENSUSE-SU-2018:1051-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2018:1056-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_1056-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024_3144-1

SUSE-SU-2024:0538-1

SUSE-SU-2024:0882-1

SUSE-SU-2024:3144-1

SUSE-SU-2024_0538-1

SUSE-SU-2024_0882-1

Affected Products

Hdf5

Suse

References · 129

• 🔥 https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/tree/master/hdf5/readme.md · Exploit
• 🔥 http://talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0178 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/Twi1ight/fuzzing-pocs/tree/master/hdf5 · Exploit
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-07698 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-07122 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4332 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-4332 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-07134 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4332 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-07123 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2018:1051-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4332 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2018:1056-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3727 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4332 · Vendor Advisory