Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2016-4331 (CCN-119029)

Assigned:2016-11-17
Published:2016-11-17
Updated:2017-11-04
Summary: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.
CVSS v3 Severity:8.6 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
7.6 High (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Changed
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
6.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
5.6 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:6.9 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
6.5 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-787
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Access
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2016-4331

Source: DEBIAN
Type: UNKNOWN
DSA-3727

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
94411

Source: CCN
Type: BID-94411
HDF5 CVE-2016-4331 Local Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Source: CCN
Type: Talos Vulnerability Report TALOS-2016-0177
HDF5 Group libhdf5 H5Z_NBIT Code Execution Vulnerability

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0177/

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
hdf5-cve20164331-bo(119029)

Source: GENTOO
Type: UNKNOWN
GLSA-201701-13

Source: CCN
Type: HDF5 Group Web site
OBTAINING THE LATEST HDF5 SOFTWARE

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2016-4331

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:hdfgroup:hdf5:1.8.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20164331
    V
    		CVE-2016-4331
    2021-10-24
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26386
    P
    		Security update for kdepim, messagelib (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25315
    P
    		Security update for ovmf (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25690
    P
    		Security update for LibVNCServer (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25050
    P
    		Security update for nfs-utils (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26421
    P
    		Security update for hdf5 (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25399
    P
    		Security update for libproxy (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25704
    P
    		Security update for ppp (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25177
    P
    		Security update for mariadb-connector-c (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25549
    P
    		Security update for tigervnc (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:24975
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25748
    P
    		Security update for ImageMagick (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25258
    P
    		Security update for postgresql10 (Low)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25602
    P
    		Security update for java-1_7_1-ibm (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:24986
    P
    		Security update for cronie (Low)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.cisecurity:def:1588
    P
    		DSA-3727-1 -- hdf5 -- security update
    2017-01-13
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201643310000000
    V
    		CVE-2016-4331 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2016-11-18
    oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20164331000
    V
    		CVE-2016-4331 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - medium.
    2016-11-18
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20164331000
    V
    		CVE-2016-4331 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2016-11-18
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201643310000000
    V
    		CVE-2016-4331 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2016-11-18
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20164331000
    V
    		CVE-2016-4331 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2016-11-18
    oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20164331000
    V
    		CVE-2016-4331 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.
    2016-11-18
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20164331000
    V
    		CVE-2016-4331 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
    2016-11-18
    BACK
    hdfgroup hdf5 1.8.16