Description
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in HDF5 up to 1.14.6. Affected by this issue is the function H5F_addr_encode_len of the file src/H5Fint.c. The manipulation of the argument pp leads to heap-based buffer overflow. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
technical-description
https://vuldb.com/?id.301898
Permissions Required, VDB Entry signature
permissions-required
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.301898
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/?submit.521151
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory exploit
issue-tracking
https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/5381
Scores
CVSS v3
3.3
EPSS
0.0009
EPSS Percentile
24.8%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-119
CWE-122
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (1)
hdfgroup/hdf5
< 1.14.6
Published
Mar 28, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026