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Bug 866091 (CVE-2022-25942, CVE-2022-25972, CVE-2022-26061)

Summary: sci-libs/hdf5: multiple vulnerabilities
Product: Gentoo Security Reporter: John Helmert III <ajak>
Component: VulnerabilitiesAssignee: Gentoo Security <security>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: normal CC: sci
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard: B2 [upstream]
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---

Description John Helmert III archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2022-08-23 02:04:02 UTC
CVE-2022-25942 (https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1486):

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the gif2h5 functionality of HDF5 Group libhdf5 1.10.4. A specially-crafted GIF file can lead to code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

CVE-2022-25972 (https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1485):

An out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the gif2h5 functionality of HDF5 Group libhdf5 1.10.4. A specially-crafted GIF file can lead to code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

CVE-2022-26061 (https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1487):

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the gif2h5 functionality of HDF5 Group libhdf5 1.10.4. A specially-crafted GIF file can lead to code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.