A vulnerability has been found in HDF5 up to 1.14.6 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function H5Faddrdecode_len of the file /hdf5/src/H5Fint.c. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
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"id": "CVE-2025-6516",
"html_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6516",
"imported": "2026-04-29T08:59:44.876Z",
"modified": "2026-04-29T01:00:01.613Z",
"published": "2025-06-23T17:15:32.550Z",
"url": "https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?cveId=CVE-2025-6516",
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"status": "Analyzed"
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