CVE 7.8 HIGH

NSF Unidata NetCDF-C Attribute Name Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability_CVE-2025-14936

7.8 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

NSF Unidata NetCDF-C Attribute Name Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NSF Unidata NetCDF-C. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.

The specific flaw exists within the parsing of attribute names. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current user. Was ZDI-CAN-27269.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-14936
Source zdi
Published Dec 23, 2025 at 21:08

Affected Product

Vendor NSF Unidata
Product NetCDF-C
Version dbe0cbb9ff3f706009cf4ee011adf3e58d8a81c1
Affected Versions NSF Unidata NetCDF-C dbe0cbb9ff3f706009cf4ee011adf3e58d8a81c1

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