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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-8396

A buffer overflow in H5O__layout_encode in H5Olayout.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.4 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HDF5 file. This issue was triggered while repacking an HDF5 file, aka "Invalid write of size 2."

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1 Nov 2026, 06:34 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2019-8396

core-osv · Original source

Published 17 Feb 2019, 06:29 UTC

A buffer overflow in H5O__layout_encode in H5Olayout.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.4 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HDF5 file. This issue was triggered while repacking an HDF5 file, aka "Invalid write of size 2."

osv:CVE-2019-8396
Complete source record
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:41.339671060Z",
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