CVE-2017-17508

Published: Dec 11, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

6.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

In HDF5 1.10.1, there is a divide-by-zero vulnerability in the function H5T_set_loc in the H5T.c file in libhdf5.a. For example, h5dump would crash when someone opens a crafted hdf5 file.

Affected (1)

Products: Hdfgroup: Hdf5

Hdfgroup

1 product

Hdf5

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Hdfgroup Hdf5	Version 1.10.1

Related CWEs

CWE-369

Divide By Zero

The product divides a value by zero.

References (2)

https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/tree/master/hdf5/readme.md

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/tree/master/hdf5/readme.md

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

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