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CVE-2025-6516
A vulnerability has been found in HDF5 up to 1.14.6 and classified as critical.
LOW 1.9EPSS 0.32%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A vulnerability has been found in HDF5 up to 1.14.6 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function H5F_addr_decode_len of the file /hdf5/src/H5Fint.c. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
- CVSS 4.0
- 1.9 LOWCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.32% probability · 25th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119, CWE-122, CWE-787
- Affected
- hdfgroup/hdf5
- Source
- cna@vuldb.com
References
- https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/5581Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/user-attachments/files/20626851/reproduce.tar.gzExploit
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.313636Permissions Required, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/?id.313636Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.592589Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.