CVE-2017-17509 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In HDF5 1.10.1, there is an out of bounds write vulnerability in the function H5G__ent_decode_vec in H5Gcache.c in libhdf5.a. For example, h5dump would crash or possibly have unspecified other impact someone opens a crafted hdf5 file.

Published: 2017-12-11

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

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Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:hdfgroup:hdf5:1.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-8670	In HDF5 1.10.1, there is an out of bounds write vulnerability in the function H5G__ent_decode_vec in H5Gcache.c in libhdf5.a. For example, h5dump would crash or possibly have unspecified other impact someone opens a crafted hdf5 file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00376.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/tree/master/hdf5/readme.md
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17509
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17509

History

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Hdfgroup Hdf5

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-12-11T03:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T19:41:54.187Z

Reserved: 2017-12-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-17509

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-12-11T03:29:00.550

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-17509

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-12-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-17509 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-787

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