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Medium · 6.8 CVE-2026-19029 EUVD-2026-93981GHSA-52jg-q5cg-3x56

HDF5 scale-offset filter heap buffer over-read via crafted chunk

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

Description

A heap-based buffer over-read in H5Z__filter_scaleoffset() in src/H5Zscaleoffset.c in HDF5 through 2.2.0 lets an attacker cause a denial of service (application crash) with a crafted HDF5 file. When the stored minimum bits equal the full precision of the datatype, the decoder copies d_nelmts * size bytes from the compressed chunk without checking that the chunk holds that many bytes. Both values come from attacker-controlled scale-offset filter parameters in the dataset's filter pipeline message.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
The HDF Group HDF5 < 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 No fix yet —

Advisories 1

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