CVE-2017-17509

HIGH

HDF5 1.10.1 - Out-of-bounds Write in H5G__ent_decode_vec

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

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

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Scores

CVSS v3 8.8

EPSS 0.0151

EPSS Percentile 71.1%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Details

CWE

CWE-787

Status published

Products (1)

hdfgroup/hdf5 1.10.1

Published Dec 11, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026