CVE-2025-7068: Hdfgroup HDF5

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in HDF5 1.14.6. This issue affects the function H5FL__malloc of the file src/H5FL.c. The manipulation leads to memory leak. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Affected products

• Hdfgroup HDF5: version 1.14.6 only

Published 2025-07-04. Last modified 2026-06-17.