CVE-2017-17508

MEDIUM

Hdfgroup Hdf5 - Divide By Zero

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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.

References (1)

[Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/tree/master/hdf5/readme.md

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Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0043

EPSS Percentile 62.4%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-369

Status draft

Affected Products (1)

hdfgroup/hdf5

Timeline

Published Dec 11, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026