High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 3, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-37501

Description

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in HDFGroup hdf5-h5dump 1.12.0 through 1.13.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via h5tools_str_sprint in /hdf5/tools/lib/h5tools_str.c.

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Affected products

HDFGroup/hdf5-h5dumpdescription
osv-coords66 versions
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pkg:rpm/suse/netcdf_4_7_4-gnu-mpich-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/netcdf_4_7_4-gnu-openmpi4-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/petsc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/petsc_3_14_5-gnu-mpich-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/petsc_3_14_5-gnu-openmpi3-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/petsc_3_14_5-gnu-openmpi4-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/trilinos_13_2_0-gnu-mpich-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/trilinos_13_2_0-gnu-mvapich2-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/trilinos_13_2_0-gnu-openmpi3-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/trilinos_13_2_0-gnu-openmpi4-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/trilinos_13_2_0-hpc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSS
< 1.10.11-150300.4.16.15+ 65 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.11-150300.4.16.15
- (no CPE)range: < 4.7.4-150300.4.7.20
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150400.3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150400.3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150400.3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150400.3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150400.3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150400.3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150400.3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150400.3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150400.3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150400.3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150300.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.11-3.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.14.5-150300.3.4.4
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.11-3.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.7.4-150300.4.7.17
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.11-150300.4.16.15
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150300.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150300.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150300.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150300.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150300.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-3.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150300.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.11-3.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.11-150400.3.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.11-150400.3.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.11-150400.3.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.11-150400.3.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.11-150400.3.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.11-150400.3.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.11-150400.3.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.11-150400.3.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.11-150400.3.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.11-150400.3.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.11-150400.3.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.11-150400.3.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.11-150400.3.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-3.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-3.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150400.3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150300.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150300.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-150300.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.11-150400.3.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.11-150400.3.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.13.1-150300.12.4.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.13.1-150300.12.4.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.13.1-150300.12.4.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.13.1-150300.12.4.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.11-150300.4.16.15
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.11-150300.4.16.15
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.11-150300.4.16.15
- (no CPE)range: < 4.7.4-150300.4.7.19
- (no CPE)range: < 4.7.4-150300.4.7.19
- (no CPE)range: < 4.7.4-150300.4.7.21
- (no CPE)range: < 3.14.5-150300.3.4.3
- (no CPE)range: < 3.14.5-150300.3.4.4
- (no CPE)range: < 3.14.5-150300.3.4.4
- (no CPE)range: < 3.14.5-150300.3.4.4
- (no CPE)range: < 13.2.0-150300.3.12.18
- (no CPE)range: < 13.2.0-150300.3.12.18
- (no CPE)range: < 13.2.0-150300.3.12.16
- (no CPE)range: < 13.2.0-150300.3.12.18
- (no CPE)range: < 13.2.0-150300.3.12.9
Hdfgroup/Hdf52 versions
cpe:2.3:a:hdfgroup:hdf5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:hdfgroup:hdf5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=1.12.0,<=1.13.0
- (no CPE)range: 1.12.0 - 1.13.0
Hdfgroup/hdf5-h5dumpllm-create
Range: 1.12.0 - 1.13.0

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

github.com/ST4RF4LL/Something_Found/blob/main/HDF5_v1.13.0_h5dump_heap_overflow.mdnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/2458nvd

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