Echo: hdf5: security update to 1.14.4

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 464080

Description

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

- 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-2024-32606)

Solution

Update the hdf5 library and its related packages to version 1.14.4 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2024-32606

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 464080

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.5

Percentile: 51.63

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-32606

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.7

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-32606

IAVB: 2025-B-0182-S