Source: hdf5
Version: 1.14.5+repack-3
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/5381
X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil@debian.org, Debian Security Team <team@security.debian.org>

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for hdf5.

CVE-2025-2923[0]:
| A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found
| in HDF5 up to 1.14.6. Affected by this issue is the function
| H5F_addr_encode_len of the file src/H5Fint.c. The manipulation of
| the argument pp leads to heap-based buffer overflow. Attacking
| locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the
| public and may be used.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-2923
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-2923
[1] https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/5381

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore

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