CVE-2016-4331

HighCVSS 8.6/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.6/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-787

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3727
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94411
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0177/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-13
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3727
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94411
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0177/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-13

Timeline

Published: Nov 18, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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