CVE-2024-32608

Summary

CVE-2024-32608 is a newly disclosed vulnerability affecting the HDF5 library up to version 1.14.3. this issue involves a memory corruption flaw in the H5A__close function, which can lead to the corruption of the instruction pointer. As a result, an attacker may cause a denial of service or potentially execute malicious code. This vulnerability could be exploited through specially crafted HDF5 files, posing a significant risk to systems that make use of this library. Organizations are advised to update their HDF5 installations as soon as possible to mitigate this threat.

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