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Echo: hdf5: security update to 1.14.4

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 458825

Description

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

 - 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-2024-29161)

Solution

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

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2024-29161

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 458825

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-29161

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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-2024-29161

IAVB: 2025-B-0182-S