What is CVE-2024-29162?

CVE-2024-29162 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hdfgroup Hdf5, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2024-05-14.

How severe is CVE-2024-29162?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Hdfgroup Hdf5

CVE-2024-29162

HDF5 through 1.13.3 and/or 1.14.2 contains a stack buffer overflow in H5HG_read, resulting in denial of service or potential code execution.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2024-05-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (11.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 12th percentile — 11.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Hdfgroup Hdf5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow

References

www.hdfgroup.org/2024/05/new-hdf5-cve-issues-fixed-in-1-14-4/ (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-29162?: CVE-2024-29162 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hdfgroup Hdf5, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2024-05-14.
How severe is CVE-2024-29162?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.