CVE-2016-4332
The library's failure to check if certain message types support a particular flag, the HDF5 1.8.16 library will cast the structure to an alternative structure and then assign to fields that aren't
02 Description
The library's failure to check if certain message types support a particular flag, the HDF5 1.8.16 library will cast the structure to an alternative structure and then assign to fields that aren't
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.81% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 56.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.6 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-11-18 20:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 00:25Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-04-27
- Assigning CNA
- certcc
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1df6fa737e0153e06ffd5ce5c681dad207e1b2ce72c5723609793fb62f79239c
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com94417http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94417
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-13https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-13
- www.debian.orgDSA-3727http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3727
- www.talosintelligence.comhttp://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0178/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- hdf5 Fixed in 1.10.0-patch1+docs-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- hdf5 Fixed in 1.10.0-patch1+docs-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- hdf5 Fixed in 1.10.0-patch1+docs-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- hdf5 Fixed in 1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- hdf5 Fixed in 1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.