| Name | CVE-2025-2914 |
| Description | A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in HDF5 up to 1.14.6. This affects the function H5FS__sinfo_Srialize_Sct_cb of the file src/H5FScache.c. The manipulation of the argument sect 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. |
| 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 | 1103537 |
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, 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 | | 1103537 |
Notes
https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/5379
https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/pull/5722
https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/commit/804f3bace997e416917b235dbd3beac3652a8a05
HDF not covered by security support, see https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1117722