CVE-2025-2924 (GCVE-0-2025-2924)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-28 19:31 – Updated: 2025-07-24 09:43
VLAI
Title
HDF5 H5HLcache.c H5HL__fl_deserialize heap-based overflow
Summary
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in HDF5 up to 1.14.6. This affects the function H5HL__fl_deserialize of the file src/H5HLcache.c. The manipulation of the argument free_block leads to heap-based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
3.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
3.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://vuldb.com/?id.301899 vdb-entrytechnical-description
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.301899 signaturepermissions-required
https://vuldb.com/?submit.521170 third-party-advisory
https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/5382 exploitissue-tracking
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a HDF5 Affected: 1.14.0
Affected: 1.14.1
Affected: 1.14.2
Affected: 1.14.3
Affected: 1.14.4
Affected: 1.14.5
Affected: 1.14.6
Credits
Chen Lihai
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