CVE-2016-4330: hdfgroup hdf5
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-4330 is a high (CVSS 8.6) vulnerability in hdfgroup hdf5. EPSS estimates a 0.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Public exploit (reference, Date unknown)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 2Timeline
- 18-11-2016PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the HDF5 1.8.16 library's failure to check if the number of dimensions for an array read from the file is within the bounds of the space allocated for it, a heap-based buffer overflow will occur, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated8.6HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated8.6HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.80%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
57%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.80% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (talosintelligence.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- hdf5< 1.10.0-patch1+docs-1
Hdfgroup1 product
- hdf51.8.16
Ubuntu1 product
- hdf5< 1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1 | < 1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1
3 vendors · 3 products
References
7 links- www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0176/X Refsource MISCExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party AdvisoryREPORT
