Out-of-bounds Write Affecting hdf5 package, versions [,1.14.4.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-HDF5-10076067
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed9 May 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 May 2024

CVE-2024-32607  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade hdf5 to version 1.14.4.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write through the H5A__attr_release_table function in H5Aint.c. An attacker can corrupt the instruction pointer by triggering a segmentation fault (SEGV).

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1