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UBUNTU-CVE-2026-17574
HDF5 contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability. Processing a crafted HDF5 file containing an attribute with an invalid variable-length datatyp...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
HDF5 contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability. Processing a crafted HDF5 file containing an attribute with an invalid variable-length datatype type field may cause the application to crash when the attribute is read.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS
hdf5
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
hdf5
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
hdf5
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
hdf5
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
hdf5
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
hdf5
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:26.10
hdf5
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
hdf5
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
References
- report ubuntu.com
- report cve.org