PT-2020-6979 · Hdf5+5 · Hdf5+5

Published 2020-03-22 · Updated 2024-09-12 · CVE-2020-10810

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions HDF5 versions prior to 1.12.0

Description An issue exists in the function H5AC unpin entry() located in H5AC.c, which is related to a NULL pointer dereference. This allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.12.0, consider updating to a version that includes a fix for the NULL pointer dereference issue in the H5AC unpin entry() function. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the H5AC unpin entry() function until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2024-2134

BDU:2024-07153

CVE-2020-10810

OPENSUSE-SU-2022_1912-1

SUSE-SU-2022:1903-1

SUSE-SU-2022:1910-1

SUSE-SU-2022:1911-1

SUSE-SU-2022:1912-1

SUSE-SU-2022:1933-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Astra Linux

Debian

Hdf5

Red Os

Suse

References · 100

• 🔥 https://github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/tree/master/HDF5/vuln4#divided-by-zero---poc_apply_filters_h5repack_filters · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/tree/master/HDF5/vuln4#divided-by-zero---poc_h5d__select_io_h5dselect · Exploit
• 🔥❌ https://github.com/Loginsoft-Research/hdf5-reports/tree/master/Vuln_3 · Exploit, Deleted
• 🔥 https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/null-pointer-dereference-in-h5ac-c-hdf5-1-13-0 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/Twi1ight/fuzzing-pocs/tree/master/hdf5 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2022:1933-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2022:1911-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se17-bulletin-2025-0923SE17 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-10810 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2022:1903-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-10810 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2022:1912-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-10810 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-10810 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se47-bulletin-2025-1020SE47 · Vendor Advisory