Use After Free Affecting hdf5 package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-HDF5-9897052
  • published29 Apr 2025
  • disclosed28 Mar 2025

Introduced: 28 Mar 2025

CVE-2025-2913  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 hdf5.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream hdf5 package and not the hdf5 package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability was found in HDF5 up to 1.14.6. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function H5FL__blk_gc_list of the file src/H5FL.c. The manipulation of the argument H5FL_blk_head_t leads to use after free. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1