CVE-2017-17509

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-787

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Dec 11, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2017-17509: High severity, CVSS 8.8 | Vulnix