EUVD-2025-18688CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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5Description
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in HDF5 up to 1.14.6. Affected by this issue is the function H5FS__sect_find_node of the file H5FSsection.c. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Analysis
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in HDF5 up to 1.14.6. Affected by this issue is the function H5FS__sect_find_node of the file H5FSsection.c. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Technical Context
A buffer overflow occurs when data written to a buffer exceeds its allocated size, potentially overwriting adjacent memory and corrupting program state.
Affected Products
Affected products: Hdfgroup Hdf5
Remediation
Use memory-safe languages or bounds-checked functions. Enable ASLR, DEP/NX, and stack canaries. Apply vendor patches promptly.
Priority Score
Vendor Status
Ubuntu
Priority: Medium| Release | Status | Version |
|---|---|---|
| bionic | needs-triage | - |
| focal | needs-triage | - |
| jammy | needs-triage | - |
| noble | needs-triage | - |
| oracular | ignored | end of life, was needs-triage |
| plucky | ignored | end of life, was needs-triage |
| trusty | not-affected | code not present |
| xenial | not-affected | code not present |
| upstream | released | 2.0.0 |
| questing | needs-triage | - |
Debian
Bug #1108156| Release | Status | Fixed Version | Urgency |
|---|---|---|---|
| bullseye | vulnerable | 1.10.6+repack-4+deb11u1 | - |
| bookworm | vulnerable | 1.10.8+repack1-1 | - |
| trixie | vulnerable | 1.14.5+repack-3 | - |
| forky, sid | vulnerable | 1.14.6+repack-2 | - |
| (unstable) | fixed | (unfixed) | unimportant |
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