DEBIAN-CVE-2026-120756

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-120756
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-120756.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-120756
Upstream
Published
2026-11-03T16:17:22Z
Modified
2026-11-04T15:00:06Z
Severity
  • 6.1 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

HDF5 through 2.2.0 contains a heap buffer over-read vulnerability in H5O__chunk_deserialize() in src/H5Ocache.c. When decoding object header messages, the declared message size is checked against the end of the chunk image before the remainder of the message header (flags, and for version 2 object headers, the optional creation index) has been decoded. Because the message body begins after these fields, a message can start up to four bytes further into the chunk than the size check accounts for. A crafted HDF5 file can declare a message size that passes the check but extends past the end of the chunk image, causing the message’s decode callback, for example H5O__mtime_new_decode() in src/H5Omtime.c, to read beyond the heap allocation. The flaw is reachable during H5Fopen() on a crafted file. An attacker who can get a user or application to open a malicious file can cause a denial of service or limited disclosure of process memory.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / hdf5

Package

Name
hdf5
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/hdf5?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.10.8+repack1-1
1.10.10+repack-1
1.10.10+repack-2
1.10.10+repack-3
1.10.10+repack-3.1
1.10.10+repack-3.2
1.10.10+repack-3.2+ports
1.10.10+repack-3.3
1.10.10+repack-4
1.10.10+repack-5
1.12.0+repack-1~exp1
1.12.0+repack-1~exp2
1.12.2+repack-1~exp1
1.14.3+repack-1~exp1
1.14.3+repack1-1~exp2
1.14.3+repack1-1~exp3
1.14.4.3+repack-1~exp1
1.14.4.3+repack-1~exp2
1.14.4.3+repack-1~exp3
1.14.5+repack-1~exp1
1.14.5+repack-1~exp2
1.14.5+repack-1~exp3
1.14.5+repack-1~exp4
1.14.5+repack-1~exp5
1.14.5+repack-1~exp6
1.14.5+repack-1
1.14.5+repack-2
1.14.5+repack-3~exp1
1.14.5+repack-3~exp2
1.14.5+repack-3~exp3
1.14.5+repack-3~exp4
1.14.5+repack-3
1.14.5+repack-3.1
1.14.5+repack-4~exp1
1.14.5+repack-4~exp2
1.14.5+repack-4
1.14.5+repack-5~exp2
1.14.5+repack-5~exp3
1.14.6+repack-1~exp1
1.14.6+repack-1~exp2
1.14.6+repack-1~exp3
1.14.6+repack-1~exp4
1.14.6+repack-1~exp5
1.14.6+repack-1~exp6
1.14.6+repack-1~exp7
1.14.6+repack-1~exp8
1.14.6+repack-1~exp9
1.14.6+repack-1~exp10
1.14.6+repack-1~exp11
1.14.6+repack-1~exp12
1.14.6+repack-1~exp13
1.14.6+repack-1~exp14
1.14.6+repack-1~exp15
1.14.6+repack-1~exp16
1.14.6+repack-1~exp17
1.14.6+repack-1~exp18
1.14.6+repack-1~exp19
1.14.6+repack-1~exp20
1.14.6+repack-1~exp21
1.14.6+repack-1
1.14.6+repack-2
1.14.6+repack-3~exp1
2.*
2.1.0+repack-1~exp3
2.1.0+repack-1~exp4
2.1.0+repack-1~exp5
2.1.0+repack-1~exp6
2.1.0+repack-1~exp7
2.1.0+repack-1~exp8
2.1.0+repack-1~exp9
2.1.0+repack-1~exp10
2.1.0+repack-1~exp11
2.1.0+repack-1
2.2.0+repack-1
2.2.0+repack-2
2.2.0+repack-3
2.2.0+repack-4
2.2.0+repack-5
2.2.0+repack-6

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-120756.json"

Debian:13 / hdf5

Package

Name
hdf5
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/hdf5?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.14.5+repack-3
1.14.5+repack-3.1
1.14.5+repack-4~exp1
1.14.5+repack-4~exp2
1.14.5+repack-4
1.14.5+repack-5~exp2
1.14.5+repack-5~exp3
1.14.6+repack-1~exp1
1.14.6+repack-1~exp2
1.14.6+repack-1~exp3
1.14.6+repack-1~exp4
1.14.6+repack-1~exp5
1.14.6+repack-1~exp6
1.14.6+repack-1~exp7
1.14.6+repack-1~exp8
1.14.6+repack-1~exp9
1.14.6+repack-1~exp10
1.14.6+repack-1~exp11
1.14.6+repack-1~exp12
1.14.6+repack-1~exp13
1.14.6+repack-1~exp14
1.14.6+repack-1~exp15
1.14.6+repack-1~exp16
1.14.6+repack-1~exp17
1.14.6+repack-1~exp18
1.14.6+repack-1~exp19
1.14.6+repack-1~exp20
1.14.6+repack-1~exp21
1.14.6+repack-1
1.14.6+repack-2
1.14.6+repack-3~exp1
2.*
2.1.0+repack-1~exp3
2.1.0+repack-1~exp4
2.1.0+repack-1~exp5
2.1.0+repack-1~exp6
2.1.0+repack-1~exp7
2.1.0+repack-1~exp8
2.1.0+repack-1~exp9
2.1.0+repack-1~exp10
2.1.0+repack-1~exp11
2.1.0+repack-1
2.2.0+repack-1
2.2.0+repack-2
2.2.0+repack-3
2.2.0+repack-4
2.2.0+repack-5
2.2.0+repack-6

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-120756.json"

Debian:14 / hdf5

Package

Name
hdf5
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/hdf5?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.14.5+repack-3
1.14.5+repack-3.1
1.14.5+repack-4~exp1
1.14.5+repack-4~exp2
1.14.5+repack-4
1.14.5+repack-5~exp2
1.14.5+repack-5~exp3
1.14.6+repack-1~exp1
1.14.6+repack-1~exp2
1.14.6+repack-1~exp3
1.14.6+repack-1~exp4
1.14.6+repack-1~exp5
1.14.6+repack-1~exp6
1.14.6+repack-1~exp7
1.14.6+repack-1~exp8
1.14.6+repack-1~exp9
1.14.6+repack-1~exp10
1.14.6+repack-1~exp11
1.14.6+repack-1~exp12
1.14.6+repack-1~exp13
1.14.6+repack-1~exp14
1.14.6+repack-1~exp15
1.14.6+repack-1~exp16
1.14.6+repack-1~exp17
1.14.6+repack-1~exp18
1.14.6+repack-1~exp19
1.14.6+repack-1~exp20
1.14.6+repack-1~exp21
1.14.6+repack-1
1.14.6+repack-2
1.14.6+repack-3~exp1
2.*
2.1.0+repack-1~exp3
2.1.0+repack-1~exp4
2.1.0+repack-1~exp5
2.1.0+repack-1~exp6
2.1.0+repack-1~exp7
2.1.0+repack-1~exp8
2.1.0+repack-1~exp9
2.1.0+repack-1~exp10
2.1.0+repack-1~exp11
2.1.0+repack-1
2.2.0+repack-1
2.2.0+repack-2
2.2.0+repack-3
2.2.0+repack-4
2.2.0+repack-5
2.2.0+repack-6

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-120756.json"