CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-17573

Double Free

Published: Jul 27, 2026 | Modified: Oct 24, 2026
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Hdf5Hdfgroup*2.2.0 (excluding)
Red Hat Hardened ImagesRedHathdf5-main-2.2.0-0.1.1.hum1*

Potential Mitigations

References