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HDF5 CVE-2025-2912

LOW
Buffer Overflow (CWE-119)
2025-03-28 cna@vuldb.com
1.9
CVSS 4.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY
1.9 LOW
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/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
SUSE
1.7 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Red Hat
3.3 LOW
qualitative

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

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/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
X

Lifecycle Timeline

6
Severity Changed
Apr 29, 2026 - 01:11 NVD
MEDIUM LOW
CVSS changed
Apr 29, 2026 - 01:11 NVD
4.8 (MEDIUM) 1.9 (LOW)
Patch released
Apr 05, 2026 - 20:30 nvd
Patch available
Analysis Generated
Mar 28, 2026 - 18:33 vuln.today
PoC Detected
Jan 23, 2026 - 20:50 vuln.today
Public exploit code
CVE Published
Mar 28, 2025 - 16:15 nvd
MEDIUM 4.8

DescriptionCVE.org

A vulnerability was found in HDF5 up to 1.14.6. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function H5O_msg_flush of the file src/H5Omessage.c. The manipulation of the argument oh leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

AnalysisAI

A vulnerability was found in HDF5 up to 1.14.6. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Buffer Overflow (CWE-119), which allows attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application. A vulnerability was found in HDF5 up to 1.14.6. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function H5O_msg_flush of the file src/H5Omessage.c. The manipulation of the argument oh leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Affected products include: Hdfgroup Hdf5. Version information: up to 1.14.6..

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Use memory-safe languages or bounds-checking. Enable ASLR, DEP/NX, stack canaries. Use safe string functions.

Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Low
Product Status
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP7 Fixed
openSUSE Leap 15.6 Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS Fixed

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