CVE-2024-32617 Affecting hdf5 package, versions <1.14.4
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- published21 Jul 2026
- disclosed14 May 2024
Introduced: 14 May 2024
CVE-2024-32617 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Echo:latest hdf5 to version 1.14.4 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream hdf5 package and not the hdf5 package as distributed by Echo.
See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.
HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 contains a heap-based buffer over-read caused by the unsafe use of strdup in H5MM_xstrdup in H5MM.c (called from H5G__ent_to_link in H5Glink.c).