Description
A double free vulnerability was discovered in the HDF5 library. Processing a crafted HDF5 file containing an oversized chunk size field via h5repack may cause the application to abort due to a double free.
Published: 2026-07-27
Score: 4 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Mon, 27 Jul 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Hdfgroup
Hdfgroup hdf5
Vendors & Products Hdfgroup
Hdfgroup hdf5
Metrics ssvc

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Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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Description A double free vulnerability was discovered in the HDF5 library. Processing a crafted HDF5 file containing an oversized chunk size field via h5repack may cause the application to abort due to a double free.
Title Double Free in H5D__chunk_copy() in HDF5 via a Crafted Chunk-Index Size Field
Weaknesses CWE-415
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 4, 'vector': '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:U'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: HDFG

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-27T17:27:00.732Z

Reserved: 2026-07-27T15:07:06.180Z

Link: CVE-2026-17573

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-27T17:26:56.213Z

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-07-27T20:00:04Z

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