UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46243

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46243

    Published: 21 Jan 2022Last Modified: 20 May 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-46243

    Summary:

    Details: An untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability exists in HDF5 v1.13.1-1 via the function H5O__dtype_decode_helper () at hdf5/src/H5Odtype.c. This vulnerability can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS).

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-46243, https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/1326, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-46243

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: hdf5

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/hdf5?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Ftrusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.8.11-3ubuntu1
    1.8.11-5ubuntu1
    1.8.11-5ubuntu2
    1.8.11-5ubuntu6
    1.8.11-5ubuntu7
    1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1
    1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1+esm1
    1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1+esm2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High