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CVE-2025-7069

Published: Jul 4, 2025

Modified: Jul 8, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

3.3

LOW

Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in HDF5 1.14.6. Affected is the function H5FS__sect_link_size of the file src/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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	HDF5	affected `1.14.6`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

References

VDB-314904 | HDF5 H5FSsection.c H5FS__sect_link_size heap-based overflow

vdb-entry

technical-description

VDB-314904 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)

signature

permissions-required

Submit #602538 | HDFGroup HDF5 hdf5 1.14.6 (commit 17c16b6) Heap-based Buffer Overflow

third-party-advisory

https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/5550

issue-tracking

https://github.com/user-attachments/files/20438481/hdf5_crash_2.txt

exploit

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