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CVE-2018-11205 (GCVE-0-2018-11205)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-05-16 15:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:26
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Summary
A out of bounds read was discovered in H5VM_memcpyvv in H5VM.c in the HDF HDF5 1.10.2 library. It could allow a remote denial of service or information disclosure attack.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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