Description
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in HDF5 up to 1.14.6. Affected by this vulnerability is the function H5C__reconstruct_cache_entry of the file H5Cimage.c. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
technical-description
https://vuldb.com/?id.313273
Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry signature
permissions-required
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.313273
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/?submit.592587
Exploit, Issue Tracking issue-tracking
https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/5579
Scores
CVSS v3
5.3
EPSS
0.0015
EPSS Percentile
34.7%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-119
CWE-122
Status
published
Products (1)
hdfgroup/hdf5
< 1.14.6
Published
Jun 19, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026