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    CVE-2016-4331

    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.

    Published:Nov 15, 2016
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Nov 18, 2016
    EPSS Score:0.00139
    CVSS Score:8.6

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Hdfgroup
    Product
    Hdf5

    Exploits

    http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0177/http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0177/

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-92 Forced Integer Overflow

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