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CVE-2017-17508 json

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.

published 2017-12-11 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-8669

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 68%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • hdf5 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.10.4+repack-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17508

  • hdf5 Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1+esm1
  • hdf5 Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1+esm1
  • hdf5 Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 1.10.0-patch1+docs-4ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17508

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • suse-hpc SLE Module for HPC 12 0.5.20220206.0c6b168-5.2
  • hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-hpc SLE Module for HPC 12 1.10.8-3.12.2
  • hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-mvapich2-hpc SLE Module for HPC 12 1.10.8-3.12.2
  • hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-openmpi1-hpc SLE Module for HPC 12 1.10.8-3.12.2
  • suse-hpc SLE High Performance Computing 15-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS 0.5.20220206.0c6b168-150000.11.3.1
  • hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-hpc SLE High Performance Computing 15-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS 1.10.8-150000.8.4.3
  • hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-mpich-hpc SLE High Performance Computing 15-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS 1.10.8-150000.8.4.3
  • hdf5_1_10_8-gnu-mvapich2-hpc SLE High Performance Computing 15-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS 1.10.8-150000.8.4.3

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:1933-1SUSE-SU-2022:1911-1SUSE-SU-2022:1910-1SUSE-SU-2022:1903-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-17508 updated cvss 3.3

hdf5: Divide-by-zero in the H5T_set_loc function

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) hdf5 Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) hdf5 Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) hdf5 Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) hdf5 Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 (Ocata) hdf5 Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 (Pike) hdf5
    +1 more products
    Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) hdf5
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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