cve/2016/CVE-2016-4331.md

### [CVE-2016-4331](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4331)
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### Description

When decoding data out of a dataset encoded with the H5Z_NBIT decoding, the HDF5 1.8.16 library will fail to ensure that the precision is within the bounds of the size leading to arbitrary code execution.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0177/

#### Github
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