CVE-2021-37501 (GCVE-0-2021-37501)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-03 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-26 18:38
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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