CVE-2025-7068
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.002 · 15 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in HDF5 1.14.6. This issue affects the function H5FL__malloc of the file src/H5FL.c. The manipulation leads to memory leak. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 1.1–5.5
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affected products (3)
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references (16)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-7068cnnvd
- https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/5578cnnvd
- https://github.com/user-attachments/files/20623530/hdf5_crash_10.txtcnnvd
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.314903cnnvd
- https://vuldb.com/?id.314903cnnvd
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.602537cnnvd
- https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/5578enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/user-attachments/files/20623530/hdf5_crash_10.txtenisa_euvd
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