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CVE-2017-17509 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 0.38% · 59.0th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.38%

59.0th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS	hdf5	0, 1.8.11-3ubuntu1, 1.8.11-5ubuntu1
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS	hdf5	1.10.0-patch1+docs-4ubuntu0.1~esm2, 0, 1.10.0-patch1+docs-4
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS	hdf5	1.8.16+docs-2, 1.8.16+docs-3, 1.8.16+docs-3ubuntu1

Timeline

Dec 11, 2017 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
Jun 22, 2021 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17509 third-party-advisory
https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/blob/master/hdf5/readme.md third-party-advisory
https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/tree/master/hdf5/readme.md third-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17509 third-party-advisory

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