CVE-2026-17572
5.5
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:L/SA:H/E:U
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in the SOHM list-index deserialization code in HDF5 through 2.1.1 on all platforms allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted HDF5 file whose shared-message list index declares a num_messages count exceeding list_max, triggering out-of-bounds heap reads and writes in H5SM__cache_list_deserialize and H5SM__cache_list_verify_chksum.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The HDF Group | HDF5 | <= 2.1.1 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-125: CWE-125 Out-of-bounds read
- CWE-787: CWE-787 Out-of-bounds write
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: partial
References
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