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CVE-2025-7068 (GCVE-0-2025-7068)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-04 20:32 – Updated: 2025-07-08 13:56
VLAI
Title
HDF5 H5FL.c H5FL__malloc memory leak
Summary
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in HDF5 1.14.6. This issue affects the function H5FL__malloc of the file src/H5FL.c. The manipulation leads to memory leak. Attacking locally is a requirement. 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
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-07-08 13:56 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a HDF5 Affected: 1.14.6
Credits
JJLeo (VulDB User)
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