CVE-2025-6269

low

Description

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in HDF5 up to 1.14.6. Affected by this vulnerability is the function H5C__reconstruct_cache_entry of the file H5Cimage.c. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

References

https://vuldb.com/?submit.592587

https://vuldb.com/?id.313273

https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.313273

https://github.com/user-attachments/files/20626503/reproduce.tar.gz

https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/5579

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-06-19

Updated: 2025-07-02

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 1.9

Vector: 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

Severity: Low

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00013