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High · 8.5 CVE-2026-106547 EUVD-2026-93991GHSA-p24g-8x6r-2v93

HDF5 heap buffer overflow in H5VM_array_fill via crafted fill-value metadata

Published Oct 6, 2026 · Updated Oct 7, 2026 · Assigned by HDFG

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow in H5VM_array_fill() in src/H5VM.c in HDF5 before 2.2.0 lets a remote attacker cause an application crash and possibly execute arbitrary code with a crafted HDF5 file. When a dataset's unallocated chunks are read, H5D__fill_init() fills the fill-value buffer from datatype and dataspace metadata in the file. If that metadata is inconsistent with the buffer's allocated size, the write goes past the end of the buffer. The attacker can control the content written through the fill value stored in the file.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
The HDF Group HDF5 1.10.0 – < 2.2.0 2.2.0

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 hdf5 No fix yet —
Debian 13 hdf5 No fix yet —
Debian 12 hdf5 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 hdf5 +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS hdf5 +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS hdf5 +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS hdf5 +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS r-bioc-rhdf5lib No fix yet —
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS hdf5 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS hdf5 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS hdf5 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS hdf5 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 hdf5 +9 2.2.0-0.1.2.hum1 RHSA-2026:73539

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 hdf5 1.14.6-6 —

Advisories 1

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