CVE-2024-32606

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.7 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-05-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-908

Description

HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 may attempt to dereference uninitialized values in h5tools_str_sprint in tools/lib/h5tools_str.c (called from h5tools_dump_simple_data in tools/lib/h5tools_dump.c).

Affected products

HDF5: before 1.14.4 — fixed in 1.14.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: HDF5 1.14.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://www.hdfgroup.org/2024/05/new-hdf5-cve-issues-fixed-in-1-14-4/
https://www.hdfgroup.org/2024/05/new-hdf5-cve-issues-fixed-in-1-14-4/

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