CVE-2019-9151: hdfgroup hdf5 Out-of-bounds Read
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2019-9151 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in hdfgroup hdf5. EPSS estimates a 1.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Public exploit (GitHub, Date unknown)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Timeline
- 25-02-2019PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 17-09-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.10.4 library. There is an out of bounds read in the function H5VM_memcpyvv in H5VM.c when called from H5D__compact_readvv in H5Dcompact.c.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.59%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
76%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Decrease -0.01 pp
From 1.60% 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 foundPaafs
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Alpine1 product
- hdf5< 1.12.1-r0
Debian1 product
- hdf5All versions (No fix recorded)
Hdfgroup1 product
- hdf51.10.4
Ubuntu1 product
- hdf5All versions (No fix recorded)
4 vendors · 4 products
