High
HDF5: H5T__conv_struct Use After Free
Type: advisorySources: OSV
HDF5 is software for managing data. In 1.14.1-2 and earlier, a heap-use-after-free was found in the h5dump helper utility. An attacker who can supply a malicious h5 file can trigger a heap use-after-free. The freed object is referenced in a memmove call from H5T__conv_struct. The original object was allocated by H5D__typeinfo_init_phase3 and freed by H5D__typeinfo_term.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-34734
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 5 Nov 2026, 03:54 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
HDF5 is software for managing data. In 1.14.1-2 and earlier, a heap-use-after-free was found in the h5dump helper utility. An attacker who can supply a malicious h5 file can trigger a heap use-after-free. The freed object is referenced in a memmove call from H5T__conv_struct. The original object was allocated by H5D__typeinfo_init_phase3 and freed by H5D__typeinfo_term.
osv:CVE-2026-34734
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-34734",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "HDF5: H5T__conv_struct Use After Free",
"summary": "HDF5 is software for managing data. In 1.14.1-2 and earlier, a heap-use-after-free was found in the h5dump helper utility. An attacker who can supply a malicious h5 file can trigger a heap use-after-free. The freed object is referenced in a memmove call from H5T__conv_struct. The original object was allocated by H5D__typeinfo_init_phase3 and freed by H5D__typeinfo_term.",
"evidence": "osv:CVE-2026-34734",
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"severity": "high",
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"aliases": [
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"GHSA-w7v2-9cmr-pwwj"
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"type": "CVSS_V3",
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"source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
"strategy": "StringRangeExpression"
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"hdf5-1_8_0-beta5",
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"hdf5-1_3_0",
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"r1_1beta1",
"hdf5-1_0_0-alpha2",
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"database_specific": {
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"modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:42.086425634Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-34734.json",
"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-34734",
"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/34xxx/CVE-2026-34734.json",
"https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/security/advisories/GHSA-w7v2-9cmr-pwwj",
"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-34734",
"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2457034"
],
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],
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}
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 509962,
"published_at": "2026-04-09T19:01:21.794+00:00"
}