CVE-2018-13869 : An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is a memcpy parame

An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is a memcpy parameter overlap in the function H5O_link_decode in H5Olink.c.

Published 2018-07-10 21:29:00

Updated 2018-08-31 17:10:33

Source MITRE

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Vulnerability category: Overflow

Products affected by CVE-2018-13869

Hdfgroup » Hdf5 » Version: 1.8.20
cpe:2.3:a:hdfgroup:hdf5:1.8.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Matching versions

EPSS FAQ

0.66%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 80 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source
7.5	HIGH	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P	10.0	6.4	NIST
Access Vector: Network Access Complexity: Low Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: Partial Integrity Impact: Partial Availability Impact: Partial
9.8	CRITICAL	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	3.9	5.9	NIST
Attack Vector: Network Attack Complexity: Low Privileges Required: None User Interaction: None Scope: Unchanged Confidentiality: High Integrity: High Availability: High

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

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