A vulnerability has been found in HDF5 up to 1.14.6 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function H5F_addr_decode_len of the file /hdf5/src/H5Fint.c. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
History

Thu, 26 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Hdfgroup
Hdfgroup hdf5
Weaknesses CWE-787
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:hdfgroup:hdf5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Hdfgroup
Hdfgroup hdf5

Tue, 24 Jun 2025 00:30:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Mon, 23 Jun 2025 18:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 23 Jun 2025 17:15:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability has been found in HDF5 up to 1.14.6 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function H5F_addr_decode_len of the file /hdf5/src/H5Fint.c. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Title HDF5 H5Fint.c H5F_addr_decode_len heap-based overflow
Weaknesses CWE-119
CWE-122
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': '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:P'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published: 2025-06-23T17:00:17.189Z

Updated: 2025-06-23T17:40:18.086Z

Reserved: 2025-06-23T12:18:36.816Z

Link: CVE-2025-6516

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-06-23T17:40:13.350Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-06-23T17:15:32.550

Modified: 2025-06-26T12:25:51.530

Link: CVE-2025-6516

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-06-23T17:00:17Z

Links: CVE-2025-6516 - Bugzilla