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CVE-2016-4331
HIGH · CVSS 8.6
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-11-18T20:59:02.240 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:47:21.687

Summary

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.

Affected products

hdfgroup — hdf5

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References

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