CVE-2025-2309 (GCVE-0-2025-2309)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-14 21:00 – Updated: 2025-05-08 08:58
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Summary
A vulnerability has been found in HDF5 1.14.6 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function H5T__bit_copy of the component Type Conversion Logic. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor plans to fix this issue in an upcoming release.
Severity ?
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a HDF5 Affected: 1.14.6
Credits
NPU Unmanned Systems Safety Laboratory (VulDB User)
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