ubuntu-cve-2016-4331
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2016-11-18 20:59
Modified
2026-04-22 07:37
Summary
Details

When decoding data out of a dataset encoded with the H5Z_NBIT decoding, the HDF5 1.8.16 library will fail to ensure that the precision is within the bounds of the size leading to arbitrary code execution.

Severity
8.6 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "When decoding data out of a dataset encoded with the H5Z_NBIT decoding, the HDF5 1.8.16 library will fail to ensure that the precision is within the bounds of the size leading to arbitrary code execution.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4331",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:58Z",
  "published": "2016-11-18T20:59:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4331"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0177/"
    },
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    }
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2016-4331"
  ]
}



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