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CVE-2026-19023

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Description

Untrusted pointer dereference in the render_bin_output function in the h5dump tool in HDF5 before 2.3.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a variable-length string dataset with more than one element dumped in binary mode, which corrupts the per-element stride calculation and causes subsequent elements to be read from a misaligned offset and dereferenced as a pointer.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.8 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Awaiting Analysis
Source identifier
0253b833-3e77-4dfe-9d57-17db1a2f0a74
Published
2026-08-05 23:16:53.187000
Last modified
2026-10-23 21:10:00.157000
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  "sourceIdentifier": "0253b833-3e77-4dfe-9d57-17db1a2f0a74",
  "published": "2026-08-05T23:16:53.187",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-23T21:10:00.157",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis",
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      "value": "Untrusted pointer dereference in the render_bin_output function in the h5dump tool in HDF5 before 2.3.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a variable-length string dataset with more than one element dumped in binary mode, which corrupts the per-element stride calculation and causes subsequent elements to be read from a misaligned offset and dereferenced as a pointer."
    },
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      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Desreferencia de puntero no confiable en la función render_bin_output en la herramienta h5dump en HDF5 anterior a 2.1.1 permite a los atacantes causar una denegación de servicio a través de un conjunto de datos de cadena de longitud variable con más de un elemento volcado en modo binario, lo que corrompe el cálculo del paso por elemento y hace que los elementos subsiguientes se lean desde un desplazamiento desalineado y se desreferencien como un puntero."
    }
  ],
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      "affectedData": [
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          "product": "HDF5",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "modules": [
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              "version": "<= 2.3.0",
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          "confidentialityRequirement": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "integrityRequirement": "NOT_DEFINED",
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          "modifiedAttackVector": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedAttackComplexity": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedAttackRequirements": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedPrivilegesRequired": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedUserInteraction": "NOT_DEFINED",
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          "modifiedSubIntegrityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Safety": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "vulnerabilityResponseEffort": "NOT_DEFINED",
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