CVE-2016-4332

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2016-11-15
CWE:
CWE-787
Bugzilla:
1397707: CVE-2016-4332 hdf5: Shareable message type out-of-bounds write
Multiple heap overflows were found in HDF5. These issues could be used to gain code execution in any program that exposes the affected functions to untrusted input. While HDF5 is shipped as a dependency, no Red Hat products are known to expose these issues in any supported use case at this time.

Find out more about CVE-2016-4332 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 6.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 8.6
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 hdf5 Will not fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) hdf5 Will not fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11.0 (Ocata) hdf5 Not affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 hdf5 Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 hdf5 Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 hdf5 Will not fix

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