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CVE-2025-7068

HDF5 H5FL.c H5FL__malloc memory leak



Description

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in HDF5 1.14.6. This issue affects the function H5FL__malloc of the file src/H5FL.c. The manipulation leads to memory leak. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Eine Schwachstelle wurde in HDF5 1.14.6 entdeckt. Sie wurde als problematisch eingestuft. Betroffen davon ist die Funktion H5FL__malloc der Datei src/H5FL.c. Mittels Manipulieren mit unbekannten Daten kann eine memory leak-Schwachstelle ausgenutzt werden. Umgesetzt werden muss der Angriff lokal. Der Exploit steht zur öffentlichen Verfügung.

Reserved 2025-07-04 | Published 2025-07-04 | Updated 2025-07-04 | Assigner VulDB


MEDIUM: 4.8CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
LOW: 3.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
LOW: 3.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
1.7AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR

Problem types

Memory Leak

Denial of Service

Timeline

2025-07-04:Advisory disclosed
2025-07-04:VulDB entry created
2025-07-04:VulDB entry last update

Credits

JJLeo (VulDB User) reporter

References

vuldb.com/?id.314903 (VDB-314903 | HDF5 H5FL.c H5FL__malloc memory leak) vdb-entry technical-description

vuldb.com/?ctiid.314903 (VDB-314903 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)) signature permissions-required

vuldb.com/?submit.602537 (Submit #602537 | HDFGroup HDF5 hdf5 1.14.6 (commit 17c16b6) Memory Leak) third-party-advisory

github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/5578 issue-tracking

github.com/user-attachments/files/20623530/hdf5_crash_10.txt exploit

cve.org (CVE-2025-7068)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-7068)

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