HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 contains a heap-based buffer overflow in H5T__ref_mem_setnull in H5Tref.c (called from H5T__conv_ref in H5Tconv.c), resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 contains a heap-based buffer overflow in H5T__ref_mem_setnull in H5Tref.c
    (called from H5T__conv_ref in H5Tconv.c), resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer.
    (CVE-2024-32624)

The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 4 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TSSA-2024:0175 advisory.

    Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 4 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

    CVE-2024-33877:
    HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 has a heap-based buffer overflow in H5T__conv_struct_opt in H5Tconv.c.

    CVE-2024-33876:
    HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 has a heap buffer overflow in H5S__point_deserialize in H5Spoint.c.

    CVE-2024-33875:
    HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 has a heap-based buffer overflow in H5O__layout_encode in H5Olayout.c,     resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer.

    CVE-2024-33874:
    HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 has a heap buffer overflow in H5O__mtime_new_encode in H5Omtime.c.

    CVE-2024-33873:
    HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 has a heap-based buffer overflow in H5D__scatter_mem in H5Dscatgath.c.

    CVE-2024-32624:
    HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 contains a heap-based buffer overflow in H5T__ref_mem_setnull in H5Tref.c     (called from H5T__conv_ref in H5Tconv.c), resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer.

    CVE-2024-32623:
    HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 contains a heap-based buffer overflow in H5VM_array_fill in H5VM.c (called     from H5S_select_elements in H5Spoint.c).

    CVE-2024-32622:
    HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 contains a out-of-bounds read operation in H5FL_arr_malloc in H5FL.c (called     from H5S_set_extent_simple in H5S.c).

    CVE-2024-32621:
    HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 contains a heap-based buffer overflow in H5HG_read in H5HG.c (called from     H5VL__native_blob_get in H5VLnative_blob.c), resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer.

    CVE-2024-32620:
    HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 contains a heap-based buffer over-read in H5F_addr_decode_len in H5Fint.c,     resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer.

    CVE-2024-32619:
    HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 contains a heap-based buffer overflow in H5T_copy_reopen in H5T.c, resulting     in the corruption of the instruction pointer.

    CVE-2024-32618:
    HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 contains a heap-based buffer overflow in H5T__get_native_type in H5Tnative.c,     resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer.

    CVE-2024-32617:
    HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 contains a heap-based buffer over-read caused by the unsafe use of strdup in     H5MM_xstrdup in H5MM.c (called from H5G__ent_to_link in H5Glink.c).

    CVE-2024-32616:
    HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 contains a heap-based buffer over-read in H5O__dtype_encode_helper in     H5Odtype.c.

    CVE-2024-32615:
    HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 contains a heap-based buffer overflow in H5Z__nbit_decompress_one_byte in     H5Znbit.c, caused by the earlier use of an initialized pointer.

    CVE-2024-32614:
    HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 has a SEGV in H5VM_memcpyvv in H5VM.c.

    CVE-2024-32613:
    HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 contains a heap-based buffer over-read in the function H5HL__fl_deserialize in     H5HLcache.c, a different vulnerability than CVE-2024-32612.

    CVE-2024-32612:
    HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 contains a heap-based buffer over-read in H5HL__fl_deserialize in H5HLcache.c,     resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer, a different vulnerability than CVE-2024-32613.

    CVE-2024-32611:
    HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 may use an uninitialized value in H5A__attr_release_table in H5Aint.c.

    CVE-2024-32610:
    HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 has a SEGV in H5T_close_real in H5T.c, resulting in a corrupted instruction     pointer.

    CVE-2024-32609:
    HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 allows stack consumption in the function H5E_printf_stack in H5Eint.c.

    CVE-2024-32608:
    ** RESERVED ** This candidate has been reserved by an organization or individual that will use it when     announcing a new security problem. When the candidate has been publicized, the details for this candidate     will be provided.

    CVE-2024-32607:
    HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 has a SEGV in H5A__close in H5Aint.c, resulting in the corruption of the     instruction pointer.

    CVE-2024-32606:
    HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 may attempt to dereference uninitialized values in h5tools_str_sprint in     tools/lib/h5tools_str.c (called from h5tools_dump_simple_data in tools/lib/h5tools_dump.c).

    CVE-2024-32605:
    HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 has a heap-based buffer over-read in H5VM_memcpyvv in H5VM.c (called from     H5D__compact_readvv in H5Dcompact.c).

    CVE-2024-29166:
    HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a buffer overflow in H5O__linfo_decode, resulting in the corruption of the     instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.

    CVE-2024-29165:
    HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a buffer overflow in H5Z__filter_fletcher32, resulting in the corruption of     the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.

    CVE-2024-29164:
    HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a stack buffer overflow in H5R__decode_heap, resulting in the corruption of     the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.

    CVE-2024-29163:
    HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a heap buffer overflow in H5T__bit_find, resulting in the corruption of the     instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.

    CVE-2024-29162:
    HDF5 through 1.13.3 and/or 1.14.2 contains a stack buffer overflow in H5HG_read, resulting in denial of     service or potential code execution.

    CVE-2024-29161:
    HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a heap buffer overflow in H5A__attr_release_table, resulting in the     corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.

    CVE-2024-29160:
    HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a heap buffer overflow in H5HG__cache_heap_deserialize, resulting in the     corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.

    CVE-2024-29159:
    HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a buffer overflow in H5Z__filter_scaleoffset, resulting in the corruption of     the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.

    CVE-2024-29158:
    HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a stack buffer overflow in H5FL_arr_malloc, resulting in the corruption of     the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.

    CVE-2024-29157:
    HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a heap buffer overflow in H5HG_read, resulting in the corruption of the     instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.

    CVE-2022-26061:
    A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the gif2h5 functionality of HDF5 Group libhdf5     1.10.4. A specially-crafted GIF file can lead to code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file     to trigger this vulnerability.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Tencent Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:3801 advisory.

    RPM packages are internal build artifacts and not supported on their own.
    They are only supported as part of the RHEL AI application image.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 contains a heap-based buffer overflow in H5T__ref_mem_setnull in H5Tref.c     (called from H5T__conv_ref in H5Tconv.c), resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer.
    (CVE-2024-32624)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
462980	Echo: hdf5: security update to 1.14.4	Tenable Cloud Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	high
462980	Echo: hdf5: security update to 1.14.4	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	high
238642	TencentOS Server 4: hdf5 (TSSA-2024:0175)	Nessus	Tencent Local Security Checks	Local	critical
234263	RHEL 9 : RHEL AI 1.5 hdf5 (RHSA-2025:3801)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	Local	critical
228195	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-32624	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high

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