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CVE-2026-17573
Published:July 27, 2026
Updated:August 06, 2026
A double free vulnerability was discovered in the HDF5 library. Processing a crafted HDF5 file containing an oversized chunk size field via h5repack may cause the application to abort due to a double free.
Related Resources (3)
https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/6124
https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/17xxx/CVE-2026-17573.json
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-17573
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
4
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
ACTIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
UNREPORTED
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Double Free
CWE-415
EPSS
Base Score:
0.12