CVE-2024-32611 Other in n/a
Critical 9.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-32611 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2024-32611 is a critical vulnerability in Hdfgroup Hdf5, published on 9 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-32611 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Hdfgroup Hdf5. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32611/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32611/index.md)
An attacker could trigger undefined behavior in the HDF5 library by exploiting an uninitialized value during attribute release.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-32611?
CVE-2024-32611 is a critical vulnerability in Hdfgroup Hdf5, published on 9 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 may use an uninitialized value in H5A__attr_release_table in H5Aint.c.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-32611?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Hdfgroup Hdf5.
How do I fix CVE-2024-32611?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2024-32611 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-32611 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Hdfgroup Hdf5
Sources
Also known as AZL-40595, AZL-40682, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-32611, ECHO-bba2-1f45-de27, GHSA-ph4r-cprg-444j, JLSEC-2026-306 and 1 more.