9.8

CVE-2024-32611: hdfgroup hdf5 Use of Uninitialized Resource

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-32611DEBIAN-CVE-2024-32611
Published 09-05-2024Last modified 13-02-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-32611 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Use of Uninitialized Resource vulnerability in hdfgroup hdf5. EPSS estimates a 0.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 61.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 9.8 (CVE.org); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 1% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.95%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2025:3801

Timeline

  1. 09-05-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 13-02-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

HDF5 Library through 1.14.3 may use an uninitialized value in H5A__attr_release_table in H5Aint.c.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.95%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

61%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.95% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian1 product
  • hdf5All versions (No fix recorded) | < 1.14.5+repack-1
Hdfgroup1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • hdf5All versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

5 links