CVE-2025-2923

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions HDF5 versions up to 1.14.6

Description A problematic issue has been found in HDF5, affecting the function H5F addr encode len of the file src/H5Fint.c. The manipulation of the argument pp leads to a heap-based buffer overflow. This issue requires local attacking to be exploited.

Recommendations For HDF5 versions up to 1.14.6, as a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the H5F addr encode len function until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.