NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting hdf5 package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-HDF5-9788149
  • published21 Apr 2025
  • disclosed28 Mar 2025
  • creditsae-as-me

Introduced: 28 Mar 2025

NewCVE-2025-2926  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-404  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for hdf5.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference due to the H5O__cache_chk_serialize function. An attacker can cause a denial of service by manipulating the input to trigger a null pointer dereference.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1