CVE-2018-13871

hdf5: heap-based buffer overflow in the function H5FL_blk_malloc in H5FL.c

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · July 10, 2018

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the function H5FL_blk_malloc in H5FL.c.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow