CVE-2025-2153
HDF5 h5 File H5SM.c H5SM_delete heap-based overflow
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 2.3 Low
- Published
- Mar 10, 2025
- Updated
- May 12, 2025
- Reserved
- Mar 10, 2025
Description
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in HDF5 1.14.6. Affected is the function H5SM_delete of the file H5SM.c of the component h5 File Handler. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 2.3 Low | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | VulDB |
| 3.1 | 5.0 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L | VulDB |
| 3.0 | 5.0 Medium | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L | VulDB |
| 2.0 | 5.1 Medium | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P | VulDB |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
HDF5n/a |
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References
- VDB-299064 | HDF5 h5 File H5SM.c H5SM_delete heap-based overflowvdb-entrytechnical-description
- VDB-299064 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)signaturepermissions-required
- Submit #510819 | https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5 hfd5 v1.14.6 Heap-based Buffer Overflowthird-party-advisory
- https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/5329issue-tracking
- https://github.com/sae-as-me/Crashes/raw/refs/heads/main/hdf5/h5_extended_crash.h5exploit
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