CVE-2017-17507 — Out-of-bounds Read in Hdf5

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read8 documents6 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 64.84%
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 an out of bounds read vulnerability in the function H5T_conv_struct_opt in H5Tconv.c 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 1.14.5+repack-1 (forky)
▶Debianhdfgroup/hdf5< 1.14.5+repack-1+1
▶NVDhdfgroup/hdf51.10.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-q7wr-wvj6-35g6: In HDF5 1↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2017-17507: In HDF5 1↗2017-12-11
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
hdf5: Out-of-bounds read in the H5T_conv_struct_opt function↗2017-12-08
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Debian
CVE-2017-17507: hdf5 - In HDF5 1.10.1, there is an out of bounds read vulnerability in the function H5T...↗2017
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💬Community

3
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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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-17507 hdf5: Out-of-bounds read in the H5T_conv_struct_opt function↗2017-12-12
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