CVE-2026-29043 (GCVE-0-2026-29043)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-10 15:35 – Updated: 2026-04-10 15:35
VLAI?
Title
HDF5 H5T__ref_mem_setnull Heap Buffer Overflow
Summary
HDF5 is software for managing data. In 1.14.1-2 and earlier, an attacker who can control an h5 file parsed by HDF5 can trigger a write-based heap buffer overflow condition in the H5T__ref_mem_setnull method. This can lead to a denial-of-service condition, and potentially further issues such as remote code execution depending on the practical exploitability of the heap overflow against modern operating systems.
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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