CVE-2026-29043Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Hdf5

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 90.45%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedApr 10

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages1 packages

CVEListV5hdfgroup/hdf51.14.1-2

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
HDF5: HDF5: Remote code execution and denial of service via heap buffer overflow in H5T__ref_mem_setnull2026-04-10

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2026-29043 HDF5: HDF5: Remote code execution and denial of service via heap buffer overflow in H5T__ref_mem_setnull2026-04-10