CVE-2024-32606 Null dereference in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service in the HDF5 library by triggering a dereference of uninitialized values during data dumping.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-32606?
CVE-2024-32606 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hdfgroup Hdf5, published on 9 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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).
Weakness: CWE-908
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-32606?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Hdfgroup Hdf5.
How do I fix CVE-2024-32606?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2024-32606 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-32606 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Hdfgroup Hdf5
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-32606, ECHO-4354-616d-18a6, GHSA-m29j-f39x-2r24, JLSEC-2026-301, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2024-32606, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-32606.