CRITICAL 9.8 Microsoft

CVE-2024-29157

HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a heap buffer overflow in H5HG_read resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.

Microsoft Security Update 2024-May: HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a heap buffer overflow in H5HG_read resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.

Affected Products

cbl2 hdf5 1.14.4-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0
azl3 hdf5 1.14.4.3-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
azl3 hdf5 1.14.3-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
cbl2 hdf5 1.12.1-13 on CBL Mariner 2.0

References

Published: 2024-05-14 · Source: Microsoft · Feed updated: 2026-11-04

This critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8 was published on 2024-05-14 via Microsoft. Affected: cbl2 hdf5 1.14.4-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0, azl3 hdf5 1.14.4.3-1 on Azure Linux 3.0, azl3 hdf5 1.14.3-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 and 1 more.

Risk Timeline

CVE Disclosed2024-05-14 · 903 days ago

Remediation Resources

Official Advisory

msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-29157

NVD / MITRE

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29157

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