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CVE-2017-17509

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.

  • Published: Dec 11, 2017
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2017-17509
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.8
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
hdfgroup / hdf5 1.10.1 1.10.1.x