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CVE-2026-17574

MEDIUM
5.2
CVSS 4.0
Description
HDF5 contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability. Processing a crafted HDF5 file containing an attribute with an invalid variable-length datatype type field may cause the application to crash when the attribute is read.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-17574
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
HDFG
Reserved
2026-07-27 15:07 UTC
Published
2026-07-27 15:12 UTC
Last updated
2026-07-27 18:36 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-617
CWE-617 Reachable assertion
Vendor / Product
The HDF Group / HDF5
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

5.2 MEDIUM CVSS 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
SSVC — CISA Coordinator
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Tech. Impact
partial
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
The HDF Group HDF5 — <= 2.1.1
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
CWE-476 cna CWE-476 NULL pointer dereference
CWE-617 cna CWE-617 Reachable assertion
CVSS scores (1)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
5.2 MEDIUM 4.0 cna CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
References (1)
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