CVE-2024-33875
MEDIUM
5.7
CVSS Score
Published: May 9, 2024 at 04:47 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:32 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorHDF5
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Severity
MEDIUM5.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 has a heap-based buffer overflow in H5O__layout_encode in H5Olayout.c, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 1.14.4
Affected range stops below 1.14.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.hdfgroup.org/2024/05/new-hdf5-cve-issues-fixed-in-1-14-4/SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
5.7MEDIUMCISA-ADP
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- LOW
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-120
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