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hdf5 — security advisory
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.
- Products
- hdf5
- Affected versions
- 1.14.5+repack-3, 1.14.5+repack-3build1, 1.14.5+repack-4, 1.14.6+repack-2, 2.2.0+repack-4, 2.2.0+repack-5
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-7068
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 01:56 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2025-7068
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Complete source record
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