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

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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

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

Affected Products

ProductVersions
HDF5The HDF Group
  • < 2.2.0Affected

References

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