CVE-2025-2310 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Hdf5

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer OverflowCWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write6 documents6 sources
Severity
4.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 84.81%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
6
Hdfgroup Hdf5Debian Hdf5Msrc Azl3 Hdf5 1.14.4.3-1 ON Azure Linux 3.0+3 more
Timeline
PublishedMar 14

Description

A vulnerability was found in HDF5 1.14.6 and classified as critical. This issue affects the function H5MM_strndup of the component Metadata Attribute Decoder. 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. The vendor plans to fix this issue in an upcoming release.

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Packages6 packages

▶debiandebian/hdf5
▶NVDhdfgroup/hdf51.14.6

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
OSV
CVE-2025-2310: A vulnerability was found in HDF5 1↗2025-03-14
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GHSA
GHSA-qxwf-xj2v-qm83: A vulnerability was found in HDF5 1↗2025-03-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Red Hat
HDF5: HDF5 Metadata Attribute Decoder H5MM_strndup heap-based overflow↗2025-03-14
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Microsoft
HDF5 Metadata Attribute Decoder H5MM_strndup heap-based overflow↗2025-03-11
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Debian
CVE-2025-2310: hdf5 - A vulnerability was found in HDF5 1.14.6 and classified as critical. This issue ...↗2025
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