CVE-2025-2915 — 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 75.26%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
8
Hdfgroup Hdf5Debian Hdf5Msrc Azl3 Hdf5 1.14.4.3-1 ON Azure Linux 3.0+5 more
Timeline
PublishedMar 28

Description

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in HDF5 up to 1.14.6. This vulnerability affects the function H5F__accum_free of the file src/H5Faccum.c. The manipulation of the argument overlap_size leads to heap-based buffer overflow. Attacking locally is a requirement. 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 Packages9 packages

▶NVDhdfgroup/hdf51.14.6
▶debiandebian/hdf5
▶CVEListV5hdfgroup/hdf57 versions+6

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
OSV
CVE-2025-2915: A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in HDF5 up to 1↗2025-03-28
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GHSA
GHSA-gg43-xfqw-xwg6: A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in HDF5 up to 1↗2025-03-28
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Red Hat
hdf5: HDF5 H5Faccum.c H5F__accum_free heap-based overflow↗2025-03-28
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Microsoft
HDF5 H5Faccum.c H5F__accum_free heap-based overflow↗2025-03-11
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Debian
CVE-2025-2915: hdf5 - A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in HDF5 up to 1.14.6. This v...↗2025
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