CVE-2026-17573: CWE-415 Double free in The HDF Group HDF5
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.
CVE-2026-17573: CWE-415 Double free in The HDF Group HDF5
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.
CVSS v4.0
Score 4.0medium
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Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- HDFG
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-27T15:07:06.180Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a677b449c2644c7f85127fd
Added to database: 07/27/2026, 15:37:40 UTC
Last updated: 07/27/2026, 15:37:40 UTC
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