An issue was discovered in HDF5 through 1.12.0. A NULL pointer dereference exists in the function H5F_get_nrefs() located in H5Fquery.c. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service.
A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hdf5 | Hdfgroup | * | 1.12.0 (including) |
| Hdf5 | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Hdf5 | Ubuntu | eoan | * |
| Hdf5 | Ubuntu | groovy | * |
| Hdf5 | Ubuntu | hirsute | * |
| Hdf5 | Ubuntu | impish | * |
| Hdf5 | Ubuntu | kinetic | * |
| Hdf5 | Ubuntu | lunar | * |
| Hdf5 | Ubuntu | mantic | * |
| Hdf5 | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Hdf5 | Ubuntu | xenial | * |