Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2020-10812 (CCN-178289)

Assigned:2020-03-11
Published:2020-03-11
Updated:2020-04-30
Summary:An issue was discovered in HDF5 through 1.12.0. A NULL pointer dereference exists in the function H5F_get_nrefs() located in H5Fquery.c. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.5 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
4.9 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/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): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
5.5 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
4.9 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/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): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:4.3 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
4.6 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-476
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2020-10812

Source: MISC
Type: Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
https://bitbucket.hdfgroup.org/projects/HDFFV/repos/hdf5/browse/release_docs/RELEASE.txt

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
hdf5-cve202010812-dos(178289)

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Loginsoft-Research/hdf5-reports/tree/master/Vuln_4

Source: CCN
Type: Loginsoft-2020-1003
Null pointer dereference in H5Fquery.c – HDF5 – 1.13.0

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/null-pointer-dereference-in-h5fquery-c-hdf5-1-13-0/

Source: CCN
Type: HDF5 Web site
HDF5

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2020-10812

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:hdfgroup:hdf5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 1.12.0)

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:hdfgroup:hdf5:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:2020108120000000
    V
    		CVE-2020-10812 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.
    2020-03-22
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2020108120000000
    V
    		CVE-2020-10812 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
    2020-03-22
    BACK
    hdfgroup hdf5 *
    hdfgroup hdf5 1.12.0