Description
A heap-based buffer overflow in H5VM_array_fill() in src/H5VM.c in HDF5 before 2.2.0 lets a remote attacker cause an application crash and possibly execute arbitrary code with a crafted HDF5 file. When a dataset's unallocated chunks are read, H5D__fill_init() fills the fill-value buffer from datatype and dataspace metadata in the file. If that metadata is inconsistent with the buffer's allocated size, the write goes past the end of the buffer. The attacker can control the content written through the fill value stored in the file.
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References
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| https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/pull/6529 |
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History
Tue, 06 Oct 2026 20:30:00 +0000
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| Description | A heap-based buffer overflow in H5VM_array_fill() in src/H5VM.c in HDF5 before 2.2.0 lets a remote attacker cause an application crash and possibly execute arbitrary code with a crafted HDF5 file. When a dataset's unallocated chunks are read, H5D__fill_init() fills the fill-value buffer from datatype and dataspace metadata in the file. If that metadata is inconsistent with the buffer's allocated size, the write goes past the end of the buffer. The attacker can control the content written through the fill value stored in the file. | |
| Title | HDF5 heap buffer overflow in H5VM_array_fill via crafted fill-value metadata | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-122 | |
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cvssV4_0
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: HDFG
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-06T20:14:41.443Z
Reserved: 2026-10-06T19:48:00.725Z
Link: CVE-2026-106547
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