CVE-2022-25972: Hdfgroup HDF5

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the gif2h5 functionality of HDF5 Group libhdf5 1.10.4. A specially-crafted GIF file can lead to code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected products

• Hdfgroup HDF5: version 1.10.4 only

Published 2022-08-22. Last modified 2026-06-17.