Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 21, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-46243
CVE-2021-46243
Description
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).
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Affected products
3- HDF5/HDF5description
Patches
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References
1- github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/1326nvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
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