{"id":"CVE-2016-4330","details":"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.","modified":"2026-08-07T14:49:10.129839Z","published":"2016-11-18T20:59:00.317Z","related":["openSUSE-SU-2018:1051-1","openSUSE-SU-2018:1056-1"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94414"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3727"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-13"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0176/"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/hdfgroup/hdf5","events":[{"introduced":"28cd632b8d7a280b44cc4d2e18a01a0319d0275d"},{"last_affected":"28cd632b8d7a280b44cc4d2e18a01a0319d0275d"}],"database_specific":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:hdfgroup:hdf5:1.8.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"1.8.16"},{"last_affected":"1.8.16"}],"source":"CPE_STRING"}}],"versions":["1.8.16","hdf5-1_8_16"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4330.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.8.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}