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CVE-2020-10809 (GCVE-0-2020-10809)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-03-22 17:42 – Updated: 2024-08-04 11:14
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Summary
An issue was discovered in HDF5 through 1.12.0. A heap-based buffer overflow exists in the function Decompress() located in decompress.c. It can be triggered by sending a crafted file to the gif2h5 binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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