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HDF5 < 1.14.6 Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (CVE-2025-6269)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 279412

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Synopsis

The remote Linux host has an application installed that is affected by a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability.

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.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to HDF5 version 1.14.6 or later, or apply the vendor-supplied patch.

See Also

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 279412

File Name: hdf5_cve-2025-6269.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Misc.

Published: 12/19/2025

Updated: 12/19/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-6269

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: x-cpe:/a:hdfgroup:hdf5

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, installed_sw/HDF5

Patch Publication Date: 6/19/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/19/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-6269

IAVB: 2025-B-0209