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CVE-2025-6818
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in HDF5 1.14.6.
LOW 1.9EPSS 0.26%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.26%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in HDF5 1.14.6. Affected is the function H5O__chunk_protect of the file /src/H5Ochunk.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:N/VI:N/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
- 0.26% probability · 17th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119, CWE-122
- Affected
- hdfgroup/hdf5
- Source
- cna@vuldb.com
References
- https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/5573Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/user-attachments/files/20623382/hdf5_crash_5.txtExploit
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.314256Permissions Required
- https://vuldb.com/?id.314256Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.602326Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/5573Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.