HDF5 1.14.6 Metadata Attribute Decoder H5MM_strndup heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in HDF5 1.14.6. The affected element is the function H5MM_strndup of the component Metadata Attribute Decoder. The manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-2310. The attack must be carried out locally. In addition, an exploit is available. The vendor plans to fix this issue in an upcoming release.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in HDF5 1.14.6 and classified as critical. This issue affects the function H5MM_strndup of the component Metadata Attribute Decoder. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-2310. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at github.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vendor plans to fix this issue in an upcoming release. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 252224 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-2310), 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 databases at Tenable (252224) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2907). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 252224
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-2310

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

03/14/2025 🔍
03/14/2025 +0 days 🔍
12/22/2025 +283 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-2310 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-2310
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-299723
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-2907 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (HDF5 ): Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Manipulation von Dateien

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/14/2025 14:00
Updated: 12/22/2025 13:12
Changes: 03/14/2025 14:00 (57), 03/15/2025 03:48 (30), 05/08/2025 11:03 (3), 05/08/2025 12:00 (1), 05/29/2025 06:27 (11), 08/19/2025 16:01 (2), 12/22/2025 13:12 (7)
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Submitter: NPU Unmanned Systems Safety Laboratory
Cache ID: 216:677:103

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Accepted

  • Submit #514533: HDFGroup hdf5 v1.14.6 Buffer Overflow (by NPU Unmanned Systems Safety Laboratory)

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