CVE-2019-8396 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the HDF5 library, specifically in the H5O__layout_encode function, affecting versions through 1.10.4. This flaw can be triggered by processing a crafted HDF5 file, leading to a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), it requires user interaction (UI:R) and network access (AV:N) but has a low attack complexity (AC:L), with the primary impact being availability (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.10.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hdfgroup:hdf5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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