A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in HDF5 up to 1.14.6. This affects the function H5HL__fldeserialize of the file src/H5HLcache.c. The manipulation of the argument freeblock 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.
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"sources": [
{
"imported": "2026-04-29T08:59:44.159Z",
"id": "CVE-2025-2924",
"published": "2025-03-28T20:15:26.147Z",
"modified": "2026-04-29T01:00:01.613Z",
"database_specific": {
"status": "Modified"
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"url": "https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?cveId=CVE-2025-2924",
"html_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2924"
}
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