CVE-2024-32610 Use after free in n/a

Medium 5.7 Published Updated

A use-after-free vulnerability in the HDF5 library allows attackers to cause a crash or potentially execute arbitrary code via corrupted instruction pointers.

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-2024-32610?

CVE-2024-32610 is a medium-severity use after free 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 has a SEGV in H5T_close_real in H5T.c, resulting in a corrupted instruction pointer.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-32610?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Hdfgroup Hdf5.

How do I fix CVE-2024-32610?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2024-32610 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-32610 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Hdfgroup Hdf5 vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as AZL-40562, AZL-40670, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-32610, ECHO-8794-d372-c600, GHSA-3r68-84rw-29ww, JLSEC-2026-305 and 2 more.

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