CVE-2026-19026

Nbit filter NULL/short parameter-array dereference

State
Published
Severity
6.8 Medium
Published
Aug 5, 2026
Updated
Oct 6, 2026
Reserved
Aug 5, 2026

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Description

H5Z__filter_nbit in H5Znbit.c in HDF5 prior to 2.3.0 dereferences cd_values[0] through cd_values[4] without validating that cd_values is non-NULL or that cd_nelmts is at least 5, the fixed size of the filter's header. This allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HDF5 file that stores the N-Bit filter pipeline message with zero client-data values, opened and read via H5Dread, e.g. by the h5ls or h5repack tools.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.06.8 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NHDFG

Weaknesses

  • CWE-476 NULL pointer dereference
  • CWE-1284 Improper validation of specified quantity in input

Affected Products

ProductVersions
HDF5The HDF Group
  • <=2.3.0Affected

References

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