CVE-2025-6857

medium

Description

A vulnerability has been found in HDF5 1.14.6 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function H5G__node_cmp3 of the file src/H5Gnode.c. The manipulation leads to stack-based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

References

https://vuldb.com/?submit.602529

https://vuldb.com/?id.314329

https://github.com/user-attachments/files/20623442/hdf5_crash_7.txt

https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.314329

https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/5575

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-06-29

Updated: 2025-07-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 1.7

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

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00013