CVE-2025-6858

A vulnerability was found in HDF5 1.14.6 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function H5C__flush_single_entry of the file src/H5Centry.c. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Weakness

The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use.

Potential Mitigations

• Use a language that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
• For example, languages such as Java, Ruby, and Lisp perform automatic garbage collection that releases memory for objects that have been deallocated.

Related Attack Patterns

• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/130.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/131.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/494.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/495.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/496.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/666.html

References

• https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/5576
• https://github.com/user-attachments/files/20623475/hdf5_crash_8.txt
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.314330
• https://vuldb.com/?id.314330
• https://vuldb.com/?submit.602530