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Medium 5.2Published Jul 27, 2026
CVE-2026-17574NULL Pointer Dereference in HDF5 via Invalid Variable-Length Datatype Type Tag
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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.
- CVSS
- 5.2 MEDIUM (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-617, CWE-476
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- HDFG
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Jul 27, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
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