A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in HDF5 up to 1.14.6. This affects the function H5FS__sinfo_Srialize_Sct_cb of the file src/H5FScache.c. The manipulation of the argument sect leads to heap-based buffer overflow. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Metrics

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Hdfgroup
  • Hdf5

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:hdfgroup:hdf5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References
Link Providers
https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/5379 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2914 cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.301887 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/?id.301887 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/?submit.520880 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-2914 cve-icon
History

Thu, 05 Jun 2025 19:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Hdfgroup
Hdfgroup hdf5
Weaknesses CWE-787
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:hdfgroup:hdf5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Hdfgroup
Hdfgroup hdf5

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 02:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 threat_severity

Low

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 16:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in HDF5 up to 1.14.6. This affects the function H5FS__sinfo_Srialize_Sct_cb of the file src/H5FScache.c. The manipulation of the argument sect leads to heap-based buffer overflow. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Title HDF5 H5FScache.c H5FS__sinfo_Srialize_Sct_cb heap-based overflow
Weaknesses CWE-119
CWE-122
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 1.7, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

cvssV4_0

{'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'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published: 2025-03-28T16:31:05.962Z

Updated: 2025-03-28T16:54:16.746Z

Reserved: 2025-03-28T11:01:38.078Z

Link: CVE-2025-2914

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-03-28T16:54:09.491Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-03-28T17:15:30.510

Modified: 2025-06-05T19:21:11.357

Link: CVE-2025-2914

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-03-28T16:31:05Z

Links: CVE-2025-2914 - Bugzilla