CVE-2025-14935

NSF Unidata NetCDF-C Dimension Name Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: December 23, 2025 at 09:08 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 10:10 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsNetcdfNetCDF-C

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

NSF Unidata NetCDF-C Dimension Name Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NSF Unidata NetCDF-C. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of dimension names. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current user. Was ZDI-CAN-27168.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

All versions
dbe0cbb9ff3f706009cf4ee011adf3e58d8a81c1

Remediation

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References (1)

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CVSS

7.8HIGHzdi
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-122CWE-787

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