Application crash via point-selection size overflow
Published May 9, 2024 · Updated Feb 13, 2025
Heap buffer overflow in HDF5 Library 1.14.3 and earlier allows local users to crash an application via a malformed HDF5 point selection. H5S__point_deserialize multiplies untrusted element-count, rank, and encoded-width fields without checking overflow before using the wrapped size to validate and allocate the coordinate buffer. The attacker must cause a local application to parse the malformed selection; ensuing out-of-bounds coordinate writes can corrupt control flow and create a code-execution path.
Summary
What happened
Heap buffer overflow in HDF5 Library 1.14.3 and earlier allows local users to crash an application via a malformed HDF5 point selection. H5S__point_deserialize multiplies untrusted element-count, rank, and encoded-width fields without checking overflow before using the wrapped size to validate and allocate the coordinate buffer. The attacker must cause a local application to parse the malformed selection; ensuing out-of-bounds coordinate writes can corrupt control flow and create a code-execution path.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-33876
- Published
- May 9, 2024
- Updated
- Feb 13, 2025
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- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-120, T1203
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
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- May 9, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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