UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4331

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4331
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4331.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4331
Upstream
Published
2016-11-18T20:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:44Z
Severity
  • 8.6 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

When decoding data out of a dataset encoded with the H5Z_NBIT decoding, the HDF5 1.8.16 library will fail to ensure that the precision is within the bounds of the size leading to arbitrary code execution.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / hdf5

Package

Name
hdf5
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/hdf5@1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.8.11-3ubuntu1
1.8.11-5ubuntu1
1.8.11-5ubuntu2
1.8.11-5ubuntu6
1.8.11-5ubuntu7

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1",
            "binary_name": "hdf5-helpers"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1",
            "binary_name": "hdf5-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-7"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-mpi-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-mpich2-7"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-mpich2-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-openmpi-7"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-openmpi-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-serial-dev"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / hdf5

Package

Name
hdf5
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/hdf5@1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.8.15-patch1+docs-4
1.8.15-patch1+docs-5
1.8.16+docs-1
1.8.16+docs-2
1.8.16+docs-3
1.8.16+docs-3ubuntu1
1.8.16+docs-4
1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "hdf5-helpers"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "hdf5-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-10"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-cpp-11"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-mpi-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-mpich-10"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-mpich-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-openmpi-10"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-openmpi-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-serial-dev"
        }
    ]
}