The library's failure to check if certain message types support a particular flag, the HDF5 1.8.16 library will cast the structure to an alternative structure and then assign to fields that aren't supported by the message type and the library will write outside the bounds of the heap buffer. This can lead to code execution under the context of the library.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published: 2016-11-18T20:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:25:14.444Z

Reserved: 2016-04-27T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-4332

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-11-18T20:59:03.693

Modified: 2017-11-04T01:29:19.927

Link: CVE-2016-4332

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-4332 - Bugzilla