# CVE-2025-2153: HDF5 h5 File H5SM.c H5SM\_delete heap-based overflow

- Severity: CVSS 2.3 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-03-10 · Updated: 2025-05-12

## Affected

- n/a HDF5: 1.14.6

## Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in HDF5 1.14.6. Affected is the function H5SM_delete of the file H5SM.c of the component h5 File Handler. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a HDF5, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://vuldb.com/?id.299064
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.299064
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.510819
- https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/5329
- https://github.com/sae-as-me/Crashes/raw/refs/heads/main/hdf5/h5_extended_crash.h5

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