CVE-2025-14936 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow in Unidata Netcdf-c

CWE-121 — Stack-based Buffer OverflowCWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write5 documents5 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 87.96%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
NSF Unidata Netcdf-cDebian NetcdfDebian Netcdf-parallel
Timeline
PublishedDec 23

Description

NSF Unidata NetCDF-C Attribute Name Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NSF Unidata NetCDF-C. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of attribute names. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplie…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶CVEListV5nsf_unidata/netcdf-cdbe0cbb9ff3f706009cf4ee011adf3e58d8a81c1
▶debiandebian/netcdf

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-9837-5f4m-mwrm: NSF Unidata NetCDF-C Attribute Name Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability↗2025-12-23
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OSV
CVE-2025-14936: NSF Unidata NetCDF-C Attribute Name Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability↗2025-12-23
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2025-14936: netcdf - NSF Unidata NetCDF-C Attribute Name Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Exec...↗2025
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2025-14936 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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CVE-2025-14936 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow | cvebase