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medium 6.5

CVE-2017-17507 json

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.

published 2017-12-11 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-8668

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 67%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • hdf5 Debian 14, Debian 13 1.14.5+repack-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17507

  • pmix SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP6, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP5, SLE Module for HPC 15 SP6 +6 more 3.2.3-150300.3.10.1
  • mpich SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 4.0.2-150500.3.2.1
  • mpich SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 4.1.2-150600.3.2.1
  • mvapich2 SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 2.3.7-150500.3.2.1
  • mvapich2 SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 2.3.7-150600.9.2.1
  • openmpi4 SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 4.1.4-150500.3.2.1
  • openmpi4 SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 4.1.6-150600.3.2.1
  • mpich-ofi SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 4.0.2-150500.3.2.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:3144-1SUSE-SU-2024:2195-1SUSE-SU-2024:2105-1

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-2017-17507 updated cvss 3.3

hdf5: Out-of-bounds read in the H5T_conv_struct_opt 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

1.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/tree/master/hdf5/readme.md referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

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

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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