In the HDF5 1.8.16 library's failure to check if the number of dimensions for an array read from the file is within the bounds of the space allocated for it, a heap-based buffer overflow will occur, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.
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.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0176/ | third party advisory exploit technical description |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94414 | vdb entry |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-13 | vendor advisory |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3727 | vendor advisory |