🛡️ CVE-2025-2925 — hdf5

🟢 CVSS 3.3 — Low ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-119 NVD
3.3
CVSS Score
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Description

A vulnerability has been found in HDF5 up to 1.14.6 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function H5MM_realloc of the file src/H5MM.c. The manipulation of the argument mem leads to double free. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability low.

Weakness class

CVE-2025-2925 is classified as CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Buffer Bounds. A read or write is performed without confirming it stays inside the allocated buffer, corrupting adjacent memory.

Affected software

CVE-2025-2925 is recorded against 1 package.

  • hdf5 (fixed in 1.14.6)

Timeline and source

Published on 28 March 2025 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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CVE-2025-2925 on other distributions

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Details

Severity LOW
CVSS Score 3.3
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE CWE-119
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2025-03-28
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
hdf5 — 1.14.6

References

Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/5383
Permissions Required, VDB Entry https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.301900
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry https://vuldb.com/?id.301900
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry https://vuldb.com/?submit.521193
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/5383

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