CVE-2026-19028
H5Z__filter_fletcher32 in H5Zfletcher32.c in HDF5 prior to 2.3.0 computes the data length to checksum by subtracting the 4-byte trailing checksum size from the input buffer size without checking that the buffer is at least 4 bytes, allowing a size_t underflow. This allows attackers to cause a denial of service (massively out-of-bounds read and application crash in H5_checksum_fletcher32) via a crafted HDF5 file with a Fletcher32-filtered chunk smaller than 4 bytes, triggered via H5Dread, e.g. by the h5ls or h5dump tools.
- CVSS 4.0
- 6.8
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 - EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 9% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)
- CWEs
- CWE-125, CWE-190, CWE-1284
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced