Cyber Resilience

CVE-2020-18494

HighPublic PoC

Published: 22 August 2023

Published
22 August 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0101 77.6th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2020-18494 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Hdfgroup Hdf5. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 22.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in function H5S_close in H5S.c in HDF5 1.10.4 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary code via creation of crafted file.

CWE(s)
CWE-787

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

hdfgroup
hdf5
1.10.4

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SI-16 Memory Protection
addresses: CWE-787

Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.

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