VDB-263694 · CVE-2024-29161 · GCVE-0-2024-29161

HDF5 up to 1.14.3 H5A__attr_release_table heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in HDF5 up to 1.14.3 and classified as critical. This affects the function H5A__attr_release_table. The manipulation results in heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2024-29161. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in HDF5 up to 1.14.3. Affected is the function H5A__attr_release_table. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a heap buffer overflow in H5A__attr_release_table, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.

The advisory is available at hdfgroup.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-29161 since 03/18/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/19/2025).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Type

Database Software

Name

HDF5

Version

License

free

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

03/18/2024 🔍
05/09/2024 +51 days 🔍
05/09/2024 +0 days 🔍
04/19/2025 +345 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: hdfgroup.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-29161 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-29161
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-263694

Entryinfo

Created: 05/09/2024 19:21
Updated: 04/19/2025 02:39
Changes: 05/09/2024 19:21 (52), 04/19/2025 02:39 (2)
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