CVE-2026-19029
HDF5 scale-offset filter heap buffer over-read via crafted chunk
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.8 Medium
- Published
- Oct 6, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 7, 2026
- Reserved
- Aug 5, 2026
Description
A heap-based buffer over-read in H5Z__filter_scaleoffset() in src/H5Zscaleoffset.c in HDF5 through 2.2.0 lets an attacker cause a denial of service (application crash) with a crafted HDF5 file. When the stored minimum bits equal the full precision of the datatype, the decoder copies d_nelmts * size bytes from the compressed chunk without checking that the chunk holds that many bytes. Both values come from attacker-controlled scale-offset filter parameters in the dataset's filter pipeline message.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 6.8 Medium | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | HDFG |
Weaknesses
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds read
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
HDF5The HDF Group |
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References
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