Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-46244

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 21 January 2022

Published
21 January 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0041 62.0th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-46244 is a medium-severity Divide By Zero (CWE-369) vulnerability in Hdfgroup Hdf5. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 38.0% 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

A Divide By Zero vulnerability exists in HDF5 v1.13.1-1 vis the function H5T__complete_copy () at /hdf5/src/H5T.c. This vulnerability causes an aritmetic exception, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS).

CWE(s)
CWE-369

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

hdfgroup
hdf5
1.13.1-1

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References