CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-17573

Double Free

Published: Jul 27, 2026 | Modified: Jul 27, 2026

CVSS 3.x

N/A

Source:

NVD

CVSS 2.x

RedHat/V2

RedHat/V3

5 MODERATE

Ubuntu

MEDIUM

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Additional information

NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-17573
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/415.html

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.

Weakness

The product calls free() twice on the same memory address.

Potential Mitigations

References

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