CVE-2026-86095 PUBLISHED

Unidata netcdf-c through 4.10.1 Out-of-bounds Write via Oversized HDF5 Attribute Name

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 04.09.2026 Published: 04.09.2026 Updated: 04.09.2026

Unidata netcdf-c through 4.10.1 contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in NC4_HDF5_inq_attname() that copies HDF5 attribute names into a fixed 256-byte buffer without length validation. Attackers can craft HDF5 files with oversized attribute names to overflow the destination buffer, causing memory corruption and crashes when applications enumerate attribute names.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.5

Product Status

Vendor Unidata
Product netcdf-c
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 4.10.1 (incl.)

Credits

  • Michael Holmquist finder

References

Problem Types

  • Out-of-bounds Write CWE