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CVE-2022-26061

Published: 22 August 2022

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the gif2h5 functionality of HDF5 Group libhdf5 1.10.4. A specially-crafted GIF file can lead to code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
hdf5
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
bionic Needs triage

focal Needs triage

jammy Needs triage

trusty Needs triage

upstream Needs triage

xenial Needs triage

mantic Needs triage

lunar Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H