What is CVE-2017-17506?

CVE-2017-17506 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hdfgroup Hdf5, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-12-11.

How severe is CVE-2017-17506?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-17506 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Out-of-bounds Read in Hdfgroup Hdf5

CVE-2017-17506

In HDF5 1.10.1, there is an out of bounds read vulnerability in the function H5Opline_pline_decode in H5Opline.c in libhdf5.a. For example, h5dump would crash when someone opens a crafted hdf5 file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.004 (63.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Hdfgroup Hdf5
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-17506?: CVE-2017-17506 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hdfgroup Hdf5, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-12-11.
How severe is CVE-2017-17506?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-17506 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.