UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17508

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17508

    Published: 11 Dec 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-17508
    Aliases:
    USN-4817-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17508, https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/blob/master/hdf5/readme.md, https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/tree/master/hdf5/readme.md, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4817-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17508

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: hdf5

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1+esm1

    Affected versions

    1.8.11-3ubuntu1
    1.8.11-5ubuntu1
    1.8.11-5ubuntu2
    1.8.11-5ubuntu6
    1.8.11-5ubuntu7
    1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High