| Name | CVE-2025-2309 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1103541 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| hdf5 (PTS) | bullseye | 1.10.6+repack-4+deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1.10.8+repack1-1 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 1.14.5+repack-3 | vulnerable |
| forky | 1.14.5+repack-4 | vulnerable |
| sid | 1.14.6+repack-2 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| hdf5 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | 1103541 |
Notes
https://github.com/madao123123/crash_report/blob/main/hdf5_poc/hdf5_poc3.md
HDF not covered by security support, see https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1117722