Source: hdf5
Version: 1.14.6+repack-2
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/6124
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], Debian Security Team <[email protected]>

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for hdf5.

CVE-2026-17573[0]:
| A double free vulnerability was discovered in the HDF5 library.
| Processing a crafted HDF5 file containing an oversized chunk size
| field via h5repack may cause the application to abort due to a
| double free.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-17573
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-17573
[1] https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/6124
[2] https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/pull/6160
[3] 
https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/commit/dd3080a58cc6bb86f3b34284399915da9e513262

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore

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