Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting hdf5 package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-HDF5-9788148
  • published21 Apr 2025
  • disclosed28 Mar 2025
  • creditsae-as-me

Introduced: 28 Mar 2025

NewCVE-2025-2915  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for hdf5.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow due to the manipulation of the overlap_size argument in the H5F__accum_free function. An attacker can corrupt memory and potentially execute arbitrary code by manipulating the input to this function.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1