CVE-2025-7068

1.9 lowEPSS 0.2%

Low (1.9) in hdfgroup hdf5. EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

1.9 low

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 15% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWEs: CWE-401, CWE-404
Published: 2025-07-04
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

hdfgroup:hdf5

References

https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/5578
https://github.com/user-attachments/files/20623530/hdf5_crash_10.txt
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.314903
https://vuldb.com/?id.314903
https://vuldb.com/?submit.602537

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