CVE-2025-2310 (GCVE-0-2025-2310)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-14 21:00 – Updated: 2025-05-08 08:59
VLAI?
Title
HDF5 Metadata Attribute Decoder H5MM_strndup heap-based overflow
Summary
A vulnerability was found in HDF5 1.14.6 and classified as critical. This issue affects the function H5MM_strndup of the component Metadata Attribute Decoder. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. Attacking locally is a requirement. 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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