CVE-2024-33874

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions HDF5 Library versions prior to 1.14.4

Description The issue is related to a heap buffer overflow in the H5O mtime new encode() function in the H5Omtime.c file of the HDF5 library. This can be exploited by a remote attacker to impact the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information.

Recommendations For HDF5 Library versions prior to 1.14.4, update to version 1.14.4 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the H5O mtime new encode() function until a patch is available.