High severity8.6NVD Advisory· Published Nov 18, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-4331
CVE-2016-4331
Description
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.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
4- www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0177/nvdExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3727nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94411nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-13nvd
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