VDB
CVE-2017-17506
CVE-2017-17506
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM
In HDF5 1.10.1, there is an out of bounds read vulnerability in the function H5Opline_pline_decode in H5Opline.c in libhdf5.a. For example, h5dump would crash when someone opens a crafted hdf5 file.
EPSS 1.27% · 69.6th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
1.27%
69.6th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | hdf5 | *, 0, 1.8.15-patch1+docs-4 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS | hdf5 | 1.8.11-5ubuntu1, 1.8.11-5ubuntu6, 1.8.11-5ubuntu7 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | hdf5 | 0, 1.10.0-patch1+docs-4 |
Timeline
- Dec 11, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 28, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 30, 2021 EPSS Score
- Mar 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 8, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 13, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 15, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17506 advisory
- https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/blob/master/hdf5/readme.md exploit
- https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/tree/master/hdf5/readme.md exploit
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4817-1 advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17506 third-party-advisory