Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in H5O__layout_encode in HDF HDF5 Library

CVE-2019-8396 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

A buffer overflow in H5O__layout_encode in H5Olayout.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.4 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HDF5 file. This issue was triggered while repacking an HDF5 file, aka "Invalid write of size 2."

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