CVE-2017-17505 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Hdf5

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference9 documents7 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 37.13%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Hdfgroup Hdf5Debian Hdf5
Timeline
PublishedDec 11
Latest updateMay 17

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/hdf5< hdf5 1.10.4+repack-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianhdfgroup/hdf5< 1.10.4+repack-1+3
▶NVDhdfgroup/hdf51.10.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-v33c-vr3g-mwh2: In HDF5 1↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2017-17505: In HDF5 1↗2017-12-11
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
HDF5 vulnerabilities↗2021-03-15
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Red Hat
hdf5: NULL pointer dereference in the H5O_pline_decode function↗2017-12-08
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Debian
CVE-2017-17505: hdf5 - In HDF5 1.10.1, there is a NULL pointer dereference in the function H5O_pline_de...↗2017
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-17505 hdf5: NULL pointer dereference in the H5O_pline_decode function↗2017-12-12
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-17505 CVE-2017-17506 CVE-2017-17507 CVE-2017-17508 CVE-2017-17509 hdf5: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2017-12-12
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-17505 CVE-2017-17506 CVE-2017-17507 CVE-2017-17508 CVE-2017-17509 hdf5: various flaws [epel-all]↗2017-12-12
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