Description
Untrusted pointer dereference in the render_bin_output function in the h5dump tool in HDF5 before 2.1.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a variable-length string dataset with more than one element dumped in binary mode, which corrupts the per-element stride calculation and causes subsequent elements to be read from a misaligned offset and dereferenced as a pointer.
Published: 2026-08-05
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 0, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


Thu, 06 Aug 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:45:00 +0000

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Description Untrusted pointer dereference in the render_bin_output function in the h5dump tool in HDF5 before 2.1.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a variable-length string dataset with more than one element dumped in binary mode, which corrupts the per-element stride calculation and causes subsequent elements to be read from a misaligned offset and dereferenced as a pointer.
Title HDF5 h5dump Untrusted Pointer Dereference in Binary Output of Variable-Length String Datasets
Weaknesses CWE-822
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 0, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: HDFG

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-06T15:15:50.664Z

Reserved: 2026-08-05T22:12:46.385Z

Link: CVE-2026-19023

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-06T13:31:26.672Z

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Updated: 2026-08-05T23:30:04Z

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