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Medium · 6.8 CVE-2026-19028 EUVD-2026-53676GHSA-2hg9-348w-39gj

HDF5 integer underflow in Fletcher32 filter leads to massive out-of-bounds read

Published Aug 5, 2026 · Updated Oct 6, 2026 · Assigned by HDFG

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
The HDF Group HDF5 <=2.3.0 —

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 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS hdf5 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS hdf5 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS hdf5 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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