Vulnerability · Published Mar 10, 2025 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2025-2153HDF5 h5 File H5SM.c H5SM_delete heap-based overflow
Medium 5.0
In plain English
A medium-severity heap buffer overflow in HDF5. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 43% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in HDF5 1.14.6. Affected is the function H5SM_delete of the file H5SM.c of the component h5 File Handler. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | hdf5 | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-2153 |
| Debian:13 | hdf5 | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-2153 |
| Debian:14 | hdf5 | 2.1.0+repack-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-2153 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | hdf5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-2153 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | hdf5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-2153 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | hdf5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-2153 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | hdf5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-2153 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | hdf5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-2153 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | insighttoolkit5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-2153 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | insighttoolkit5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-2153 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | insighttoolkit5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-2153 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | insighttoolkit5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-2153 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | insighttoolkit5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-2153 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | paraview | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-2153 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | paraview | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-2153 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | paraview | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-2153 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | paraview | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-2153 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | paraview | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-2153 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-122, CWE-119 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
References
- VDB-299064 | HDF5 h5 File H5SM.c H5SM_delete heap-based overflow vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-299064 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- Submit #510819 | https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5 hfd5 v1.14.6 Heap-based Buffer Overflow third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/5329 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/sae-as-me/Crashes/raw/refs/heads/main/hdf5/h5_extended_crash.h5 exploit