CVE-2025-6516 (GCVE-0-2025-6516)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-23 17:00 – Updated: 2025-06-23 17:40
VLAI?
Title
HDF5 H5Fint.c H5F_addr_decode_len heap-based overflow
Summary
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.
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/E:P
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a HDF5 Affected: 1.14.0
Affected: 1.14.1
Affected: 1.14.2
Affected: 1.14.3
Affected: 1.14.4
Affected: 1.14.5
Affected: 1.14.6
Credits
Rulkallos (VulDB User)
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