Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Mar 14, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2025-2310

Description

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 leads to heap-based buffer overflow. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor plans to fix this issue in an upcoming release.

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Affected products

Hdfgroup/Hdf5
cpe:2.3:a:hdfgroup:hdf5:1.14.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
HDF5/HDF5description
HDF/HDF5llm-fuzzy
Range: <1.14.6

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

github.com/madao123123/crash_report/blob/main/hdf5_poc/hdf5_poc4.mdnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
vuldb.comnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vuldb.comnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vuldb.comnvdPermissions RequiredVDB Entry

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Severity

MediumCVSS v3.1

5.3/ 10

CVSS v44.8

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack vector: Local
Complexity: Low
Privileges: Low
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: Low

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

EPSS

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

0.40%

VYPR risk score

Composite of severity, exploitation, and reach.

0.34medium

cvss	0.345
epss	0.000
exploit	0.000
kev	0.000
patch	0.000
ransomware	0.000

Weaknesses

CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-122
Heap-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-787
Out-of-bounds Write

CVE ID

CVE-2025-2310

Credits

NU
NPU Unmanned Systems Safety Laboratory (VulDB User)
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