HDF5 up to 1.14.3 H5Olayout.c H5O__layout_encode heap-based overflow
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Summary
A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in HDF5 up to 1.14.3. This impacts the function H5O__layout_encode of the file H5Olayout.c. The manipulation results in heap-based overflow.
This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2024-33875. No exploit exists.
Details
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in HDF5 up to 1.14.3. Affected is the function H5O__layout_encode of the file H5Olayout.c. 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 Library through 1.14.3 has a heap-based buffer overflow in H5O__layout_encode in H5Olayout.c, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer.
The advisory is shared for download at hdfgroup.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-33875 since 04/27/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 215714 (Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: hdf5 (CVE-2024-33875)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (215714). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.6VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.6
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Exploiting
Class: Heap-based overflowCWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Local: Yes
Remote: Partially
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Nessus ID: 215714
Nessus Name: Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: hdf5 (CVE-2024-33875)
Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
04/27/2024 🔍05/09/2024 🔍
05/09/2024 🔍
02/12/2025 🔍
Sources
Advisory: hdfgroup.orgStatus: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2024-33875 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-33875
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-263712
Entry
Created: 05/09/2024 19:28Updated: 02/12/2025 09:29
Changes: 05/09/2024 19:28 (53), 11/06/2024 05:11 (13), 02/12/2025 09:29 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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