CVE-2026-17574: CWE-617 Reachable assertion in The HDF Group HDF5
HDF5 contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability. Processing a crafted HDF5 file containing an attribute with an invalid variable-length datatype type field may cause the application to crash when the attribute is read.
CVE-2026-17574: CWE-617 Reachable assertion in The HDF Group HDF5
Description
HDF5 contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability. Processing a crafted HDF5 file containing an attribute with an invalid variable-length datatype type field may cause the application to crash when the attribute is read.
CVSS v4.0
Score 5.2medium
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- HDFG
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-27T15:07:06.932Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a677b449c2644c7f8512800
Added to database: 07/27/2026, 15:37:40 UTC
Last updated: 07/27/2026, 18:53:00 UTC
Views: 6
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