• Bug#1103537: hdf5: CVE-2025-2914

    From Salvatore Bonaccorso@21:1/5 to All on Fri Apr 18 21:50:01 2025
    Source: hdf5
    Version: 1.14.5+repack-3
    Severity: important
    Tags: security upstream
    Forwarded: https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/5379
    X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil@debian.org, Debian Security Team <team@security.debian.org>

    Hi,

    The following vulnerability was published for hdf5.

    CVE-2025-2914[0]:
    | A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in HDF5 up
    | to 1.14.6. This affects the function H5FS__sinfo_Srialize_Sct_cb of
    | the file src/H5FScache.c. The manipulation of the argument sect
    | leads to heap-based buffer overflow. Local access is required to
    | approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public
    | and may be used.


    If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
    CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

    For further information see:

    [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-2914
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-2914
    [1] https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/5379

    Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

    Regards,
    Salvatore

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