HDF5 up to 1.14.3 H5Omtime.c H5O__mtime_new_encode heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in HDF5 up to 1.14.3. Affected is the function H5O__mtime_new_encode of the file H5Omtime.c. This manipulation causes heap-based overflow. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-33874. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in HDF5 up to 1.14.3 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function H5O__mtime_new_encode of the file H5Omtime.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The advisory is shared at hdfgroup.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-33874 since 04/27/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 215945 (Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: hdf5 (CVE-2024-33874)), 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 (215945). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 215945
Nessus Name: Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: hdf5 (CVE-2024-33874)

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04/27/2024 🔍
05/09/2024 +12 days 🔍
05/09/2024 +0 days 🔍
02/11/2025 +278 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: hdfgroup.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-33874 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-33874
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-263713

Entryinfo

Created: 05/09/2024 19:28
Updated: 02/11/2025 06:32
Changes: 05/09/2024 19:28 (52), 02/11/2025 06:32 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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