What is CVE-2025-2308?

CVE-2025-2308 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hdfgroup Hdf5, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-03-14.

How severe is CVE-2025-2308?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Hdfgroup Hdf5

CVE-2025-2308

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in HDF5 1.14.6. This affects the function H5Z__scaleoffset_decompress_one_byte of the component Scale-Offset Filter. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. An atta…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.004 (28.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Hdfgroup Hdf5 — versions 1.14.6
N/a Hdf5 — versions 1.14.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

cna@vuldb.com (technical-description, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
cna@vuldb.com (signature, Permissions Required, permissions-required, VDB Entry)
cna@vuldb.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
cna@vuldb.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-2308?: CVE-2025-2308 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hdfgroup Hdf5, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-03-14.
How severe is CVE-2025-2308?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.