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CVE-2025-6270

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in HDF5 up to 1.14.6. Affected by this issue is the function H5FS__sect_find_node of the file H5FSsection.c. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Score
1.9 low
Published
2025-06-19
Links
NVD · cve.org

Affected ports (3)

PortPackageVersionStatusMaintainer
science/hdf5hdf51.12.2_2,1unaddressedsunpoet@FreeBSD.org
science/hdf5-110hdf5-1101.10.11unaddressedsunpoet@FreeBSD.org
science/hdf5-18hdf5-181.8.23unaddressedthierry@FreeBSD.org

Template for a VuXML entry

Range taken from the CVE record, check it before committing. make newentry in security/vuxml creates the vid.

  <vuln vid="FIXME (make newentry)">
    <topic>FIXME -- FIXME</topic>
    <affects>
      <package>
	<name>hdf5</name>
	<range><lt>2.0.0</lt></range>
      </package>
      <package>
	<name>hdf5-110</name>
	<range><lt>2.0.0</lt></range>
      </package>
      <package>
	<name>hdf5-18</name>
	<range><lt>2.0.0</lt></range>
      </package>
    </affects>
    <description>
      <body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
	<p>A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in
	HDF5 up to 1.14.6. Affected by this issue is the function
	H5FS__sect_find_node of the file H5FSsection.c. The manipulation leads
	to heap-based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack on
	the local host. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may
	be used.</p>
      </body>
    </description>
    <references>
      <cvename>CVE-2025-6270</cvename>
      <url>https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6270</url>
    </references>
    <dates>
      <discovery>2025-06-19</discovery>
      <entry>2026-10-25</entry>
    </dates>
  </vuln>