| Name | CVE-2025-6858 |
| Description | A vulnerability was found in HDF5 1.14.6 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function H5C__flush_single_entry of the file src/H5Centry.c. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
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 |
| forky, trixie | 1.14.5+repack-3 | vulnerable |
| sid | 1.14.5+repack-4 | 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 | | |
Notes
https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/5576
Negligible security impact