CVE-2017-17505

MEDIUM

HDF5 1.10.1 - NULL Pointer Dereference in H5O_pline_decode

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In HDF5 1.10.1, there is a NULL pointer dereference in the function H5O_pline_decode in the H5Opline.c file in libhdf5.a. For example, h5dump would crash when someone opens a crafted hdf5 file.

References (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0122
EPSS Percentile 64.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (1)
hdfgroup/hdf5 1.10.1
Published Dec 11, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026