A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in HDF5 1.14.6. This issue affects the function H5C__load_entry of the file /src/H5Centry.c. The manipulation leads to resource consumption. The attack needs to be approached locally. 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:hdf5:1.14.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References
Link Providers
https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/5572 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/user-attachments/files/20623368/hdf5_crash_4.txt cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6817 cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.314255 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/?id.314255 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/?submit.602294 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-6817 cve-icon
History

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 18:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Hdfgroup
Hdfgroup hdf5
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:hdfgroup:hdf5:1.14.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Hdfgroup
Hdfgroup hdf5

Mon, 30 Jun 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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

Mon, 30 Jun 2025 12:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 threat_severity

Low

Sat, 28 Jun 2025 11:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in HDF5 1.14.6. This issue affects the function H5C__load_entry of the file /src/H5Centry.c. The manipulation leads to resource consumption. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Title HDF5 H5Centry.c H5C__load_entry resource consumption
Weaknesses CWE-400
CWE-404
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 1.7, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

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/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

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/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

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/E:P'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published: 2025-06-28T11:31:05.770Z

Updated: 2025-06-30T16:06:39.966Z

Reserved: 2025-06-27T16:52:24.855Z

Link: CVE-2025-6817

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-06-30T16:06:30.764Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-06-28T12:15:20.790

Modified: 2025-07-01T17:30:53.610

Link: CVE-2025-6817

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-06-28T11:31:05Z

Links: CVE-2025-6817 - Bugzilla