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Echo: hdf5: security update to 1.14.4

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 462265

Description

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 H5HG_read in H5HG.c (called from
 H5VL__native_blob_get in H5VLnative_blob.c), resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer.
 (CVE-2024-32621)

Solution

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

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2024-32621

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 462265

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-32621

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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-2024-32621

IAVB: 2025-B-0182-S