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.
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"sources": [
{
"imported": "2026-08-24T14:03:03.178Z",
"database_specific": {
"status": "Analyzed"
},
"affected": {
"hdfgroup:hdf5": [
"< 2.1.1"
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},
"id": "CVE-2026-17574",
"published": "2026-07-27T16:17:04.943Z",
"html_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-17574",
"modified": "2026-08-18T18:56:04.270Z",
"url": "https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?cveId=CVE-2026-17574"
}
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