| Name | CVE-2020-10812 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| hdf5 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.8.13+docs-15+deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 1.10.0-patch1+docs-3+deb9u2 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 1.10.4+repack-10+deb10u1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 1.10.6+repack-4+deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1.10.8+repack1-1 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 1.10.10+repack-5 | vulnerable |
| sid | 1.14.5+repack-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| hdf5 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://github.com/Loginsoft-Research/hdf5-reports/tree/master/Vuln_4
https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/null-pointer-dereference-in-h5fquery-c-hdf5-1-13-0/
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