CVE-2017-17507
medium
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.5
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.14.5+repack-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.14.5+repack-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.14.5+repack-1 |
| bullseye | Affected | — |
| bookworm | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| hdfgroup | hdf5 | 1.10.1 | |
References
CWEs
CWE-125
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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