CVE-2021-37501: Out-of-bounds Write

February 3, 2023 (updated July 12, 2023)

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in HDFGroup hdf5-h5dump 1.12.0 through 1.13.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via h5tools_str_sprint in /hdf5/tools/lib/h5tools_str.c.

References

github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5
github.com/ST4RF4LL/Something_Found/blob/main/HDF5_v1.13.0_h5dump_heap_overflow.md
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-37501

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