CVE-2017-17509
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.38%
Description
In HDF5 1.10.1, there is an out of bounds write vulnerability in the function H5G__ent_decode_vec in H5Gcache.c in libhdf5.a. For example, h5dump would crash or possibly have unspecified other impact someone opens a crafted hdf5 file.
How to fix CVE-2017-17509
To remediate CVE-2017-17509, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/hdf5—upgrade to 1.10.4+repack-1 or later
Is CVE-2017-17509 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.10.4+repack-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |