CVE-2025-2153 is a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in HDF5 version 1.14.6, specifically within the H5SM_delete function in the H5SM.c file. This flaw allows for remote code execution, impacting products from hdfgroup. With a CVSS score of 8.1 (HIGH), the vulnerability has a network attack vector but high attack complexity and difficult exploitability, yet it can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the exploit has been publicly disclosed, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there readily available exploits in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. The vulnerability has garnered minimal community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.14.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hdfgroup:hdf5:1.14.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/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
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.