CVE-2026-19024 PUBLISHED

HDF5 H5Pget_fill_value NULL Pointer Dereference via Malformed Fill Value Message

Assigner: HDFG
Reserved: 05.08.2026 Published: 05.08.2026 Updated: 06.08.2026

NULL pointer dereference in H5Pget_fill_value in HDF5 before 2.1.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a dataset whose version 1 or 2 fill value message has the "defined" flag set together with a negative size field, which is not normalized to the library's "undefined" sentinel and reaches H5T_path_find with a NULL datatype.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H
CVSS Score: 8.2

Product Status

Vendor The HDF Group
Product HDF5
Versions Default: unaffected
  • Version <= 2.3.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-476 NULL pointer dereference CWE