5.5 MEDIUM
- CVSS version: 3.1
- Attack vector (AV): LOCAL
- Attack complexity (AC): LOW
- Privileges required (PR): NONE
- User interaction (UI): REQUIRED
- Scope (S): UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality impact (C): NONE
- Integrity impact (I): NONE
- Availability impact (A): HIGH
HDF5 H5T__ref_mem_setnull Heap Buffer Overflow
HDF5 is software for managing data. In 1.14.1-2 and earlier, an attacker who can control an h5 file parsed by HDF5 can trigger a write-based heap buffer overflow condition in the H5T__ref_mem_setnull method. This can lead to a denial-of-service condition, and potentially further issues such as remote code execution depending on the practical exploitability of the heap overflow against modern operating systems.
References
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https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/security/advisories/GHSA-qm2m-5g5w-2277 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Affected products
- ==<= 1.14.1-2
Matching in nixpkgs
pkgs.hdf5
Data model, library, and file format for storing and managing data
pkgs.hdf5-cpp
Data model, library, and file format for storing and managing data
pkgs.hdf5-mpi
Data model, library, and file format for storing and managing data
pkgs.hdf5_1_10
Data model, library, and file format for storing and managing data
pkgs.hdf5-blosc
Filter for HDF5 that uses the Blosc compressor
pkgs.hdf5-fortran
Data model, library, and file format for storing and managing data
pkgs.hdf5-threadsafe
Data model, library, and file format for storing and managing data
pkgs.hdf5-fortran-mpi
Data model, library, and file format for storing and managing data
pkgs.pkgsRocm.hdf5-mpi
Data model, library, and file format for storing and managing data
pkgs.haskellPackages.hdf5
Haskell interface to the HDF5 scientific data storage library
pkgs.haskellPackages.hdf5-lite
High-level bindings to the HDF5 "lite" interface
pkgs.pkgsRocm.hdf5-fortran-mpi
Data model, library, and file format for storing and managing data
pkgs.python312Packages.hdf5plugin
Additional compression filters for h5py
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nixos-25.11 hdf5plugin-5.1.0
- nixos-25.11-small hdf5plugin-5.1.0
- nixpkgs-25.11-darwin hdf5plugin-5.1.0
pkgs.python313Packages.hdf5plugin
Additional compression filters for h5py
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nixos-unstable hdf5plugin-6.0.0
- nixpkgs-unstable hdf5plugin-6.0.0
- nixos-unstable-small hdf5plugin-6.0.0
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nixos-25.11 hdf5plugin-5.1.0
- nixos-25.11-small hdf5plugin-5.1.0
- nixpkgs-25.11-darwin hdf5plugin-5.1.0
pkgs.python314Packages.hdf5plugin
Additional compression filters for h5py
-
nixos-unstable hdf5plugin-6.0.0
- nixpkgs-unstable hdf5plugin-6.0.0
- nixos-unstable-small hdf5plugin-6.0.0
Package maintainers
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@markuskowa Markus Kowalewski <markus.kowalewski@gmail.com>
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@stephen-huan Stephen Huan <stephen.huan@cgdct.moe>
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@pbsds Peder Bergebakken Sundt <pbsds@hotmail.com>