CVE-2025-2914Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Hdf5

Severity
4.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 75.13%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedMar 28

Description

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in HDF5 up to 1.14.6. This affects the function H5FS__sinfo_Srialize_Sct_cb of the file src/H5FScache.c. The manipulation of the argument sect leads to heap-based buffer overflow. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages7 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
OSV
CVE-2025-2914: A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in HDF5 up to 12025-03-28
GHSA
GHSA-mpcj-9v9v-j2hw: A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in HDF5 up to 12025-03-28

📋Vendor Advisories

3
Red Hat
hdf5: HDF5 H5FScache.c H5FS__sinfo_Srialize_Sct_cb heap-based overflow2025-03-28
Microsoft
HDF5 H5FScache.c H5FS__sinfo_Srialize_Sct_cb heap-based overflow2025-03-11
Debian
CVE-2025-2914: hdf5 - A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in HDF5 up to 1.14.6. T...2025