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

