Heap-based buffer overflow in the SOHM list-index deserialization code in HDF5 through 2.1.1 on all platforms allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted HDF5 file whose shared-message list index declares a num_messages count exceeding list_max, triggering out-of-bounds heap reads and writes in H5SM__cache_list_deserialize and H5SM__cache_list_verify_chksum.
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 5.5 · hdfgroupNVD modified 2026-10-24 13:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:hdfgroup:hdf5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 1
- https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/6501 Issue Tracking